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Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (syĭrgā` päv`ləvĭch dyä`gĭlyĭf), 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad. St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, 1892. In 1898 he founded an influential journal, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art]. He took a company of Russian dancers to Paris (1909) and, with the assistance of the painters L. N. Bakst Bakst, Lev Nikolayevich (lyĕf nyĭkəlī`əvyĭch bäkst), 1868–1924, Russian scene designer and painter.
..... Click the link for more information. and Aleksandr Benois and the choreographer Michel Fokine Fokine, Michel (mēshĕl` fōkēn`, Rus.
..... Click the link for more information. , founded Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, a troupe that was to revolutionize the world of dance. Diaghilev's productions were based on the principles of asymmetry and perpetual motion; both music and scene design became an integral part of the dance. An imposing personality, he was associated with dancers of the first rank, such as Vaslav Nijinsky Nijinsky, Vaslav (vəsläf` nyĭzhēn`skē)
..... Click the link for more information. , Tamara Karsavina Karsavina, Tamara (təmä`rə Kərsä`vyĭnə), 1885–1978, Russian prima ballerina.
..... Click the link for more information. , Anna Pavlova Pavlova, Anna Matveyevna (pävlō`və, Rus.
..... Click the link for more information. , Alicia Markova Markova, Dame Alicia (märkō`vä), 1910–2004, English ballerina. Her original name was Lilian Alicia Marks.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Anton Dolin Dolin, Sir Anton (dō`lĭn), 1904–83, English ballet dancer and choreographer, originally named Patrick Healey-Kay.
..... Click the link for more information. . His choreographers included Léonide Massine Massine, Léonide (lāônēd` mäsēn`), 1896–1979, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. Russia.
..... Click the link for more information. , Bronislava Nijinska Nijinska, Bronislava (brônē`sləvə nyīzhēn`skə)
..... Click the link for more information. , and George Balanchine Balanchine, George (băl`ənshēn'), 1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Falla, Milhaud, and Richard Strauss wrote music that was first performed by his company, and Picasso and Derain often worked with him as scene designers.

Bibliography

See biographies by B. Kochno (1970), J. Percival (1971), A. Haskell (1977), and R. Buckle (1979, repr. 1984); J. Drummond, Speaking of Diaghilev (1999); L. Garafola and N. V. N. Baer, eds., The Ballets Russes and Its World (1999).