Ballet Russes was a company that was made in 1909 by Serge Diaghilev , serge had already gained success in Paris in 1908 when he introduced a season of opera, music and Russian art among the people, serge was invited back to perform a opera and a ballet.
The company was connected at the Theatre Mogador and Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris.
Later on after the company moved to Monte Carlo they moved back in 1910.
The original members of ballet Russes where from
Tsar's Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg and was all trained to a high standard of dance. The company had taken part of dances that are famous now by the choreographers like Bronislava Nijinska, Marius Petipa, Leonide Massine, Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, and George Balanchine when he was starting out. Diaghilev’s company became one of the influential dance companies of the 20th century because of the contemporary dancer teachers, the artists, the composers and dancers.
In 1914 a dancer called Leonide Massine joined the dance company ballet Russes. The show called “the one act ballet” was premiered in April 16 and choreographed by Fokine, the premier was also was for another one act ballet Fokine did at the La Légende de Joseph.
A month later in May 26th there was another premier performance called The Nightingale this piece was choreographed by a man called Boris Romanov. AT the end of the summer Fokine had another premier for a dance called Midas.
The dance company came to America in 1916, it was the only tour that the ballet Russes ever danced in the U.S, the very first show was in New York.
It was the first time for American public to watch Russian ballet except for the people who had been aboard. After touring round America they ended up back in New York in April 3rd 1916 in the metropolitan opera house.
A dancer called Nijinsky didnt join the ballet russes tour until half way through that ment he was out of practise and as he didnt join until half way through a dancer called Lonide Massine was dancing his roles,Diaghilev gave over his company to a man callet otto khan as Diaghilev told khan about another tour in the USA but khan said that nijinsky had to be included in the company.
while Diaghilev retired for the rest of the year he got a invirtaion for the company to peroform at for King Alfonso of
in may the 6 they company went back to europe on a ship filled with horses and ballet russes dancers. world war 1 was still fighting it was a threat for them to set home. The first perfromance in madrid was in 1916 may the 26th the king was at every performance they did the europian season was finshed in september 8 1916 and the set away again to america for another tour while Diaghilev stayed in rome.
the last tour ballet russes did was in 1929 was in london and paris in july the 26th
Diaghilev died in
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