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Ballets Russes: see Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (syĭrgā` päv`ləvĭch dyä`gĭlyĭf) ..... Click the link for more information. . Ballets RussesBallet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergey Diaghilev. Considered the source of modern ballet, the company employed the most outstanding creative talent of the period. Its choreographers included Michel Fokine, Léonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska, and George Balanchine, and among its dancers were Yekaterina Geltzer, Tamara Karsavina, and Vaslav Nijinsky. Music was commissioned from composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Darius Milhaud, Sergey Prokofiev, and Claude Debussy, and ballets featured stage designs by artists Alexandre Benois, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A Ballets Russes dancer/choreographer of the 1930s and '40s. titles for December 1, 2004 to November 27, 2005, led by Rent (thanks to its Thanksgiving holiday opening), Missing the boat and also the million-dollar mark were nonetheless well-received titles including Heights, Cote d'Azur, Beautiful Boxer, The Dying Gaul, and Ballets Russes. If America is now considerably more culturally enlightened than it was seventy years ago, we have the dogged glamour, exquisite artistry, and broad penetration of the Ballets Russes to thank in part for the transformation. |
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