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Everything about The Ballets Russes totally explainedThe Ballets Russes ( French for The Russian Ballets) was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed until his death in 1929. It was initially resident in the Théâtre Mogador and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, moving then to Monte Carlo. Its members originated from the Tsar's Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg, where all its dancers were associated and trained. It used many of the works of the great choreographer Marius Petipa. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance. The Ballets Russes became one of the most influential ballet companies of the 20th century, in part because of the ground-breaking artistic collaboration among choreographers, composers, and artists. That influence, in one form or another, has lasted to this day.
After Diaghilev's death in 1929, the company's property was claimed by creditors. The dancers were scattered. Count de Basile and his associate Rene Blum revived the company under the name Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, with which George Balanchine, Leonide Massine and Tamara Toumanova were associated. Basil and Blum argued constantly, so Blum went on to found another company under the name Original Ballet Russe. During World War II the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo toured extensively in the United States, giving Americans a strong impression of what was known as "Russian Ballet." The Original Ballet Russe toured mostly in Europe.
The ballet company and its composers
The company consisted of 13 members, all at a very high standard of dance.
The dancers and choreographers associated with it included George Balanchine, Mathilde Kschessinska, Michel Fokine, Vera Karalli, Tamara Karsavina, Serge Lifar, Alicia Markova, Léonide Massine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Ida Rubinstein and Lydia Lopokova.
Designers included contemporary artists: Bakst, Benois, Braque, Gontcharova, Picasso, Chanel, Matisse, Derain, Miro, de Chirico, Dalí, Bilibin, Tchelitchev, and Utrillo.
Composers included Debussy, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Satie, Respighi, Richard Strauss, and, most notably, Igor Stravinsky, whom Diaghilev spotted when he was virtually unknown and whose career he launched.
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