Complex sentence: In the original scenography designed by Léon Bakst the dancers were presented as part of a large tableau, a staging reminiscent of an ancient Greek vase painting, and they often moved across the stage in "profile" as if on a two-dimensional bas relief.
Split into simpler sentences: In the original scenography designed by Léon Bakst the dancers were presented as part of a large tableau, a staging reminiscent of an ancient Greek vase painting. They often moved across the stage in "profile" as if on a two-dimensional bas relief.