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The Ballets Russes (French: [balɛ ʁys]) was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Revolution disrupted society.
Ballets Russes. From Russia came the impulse that reanimated ballet in western Europe. For the ballet season in 1909 the impresario Serge Diaghilev brought to Paris a company, called the Ballets Russes, that was made up of prominent dancers from the Imperial Ballet. The effect on the artistic world was shattering.
Learn about the history and legacy of the Ballets Russes, a revolutionary dance company founded by Serge Diaghilev in 1909. Explore the artistic collaborations, innovations and challenges that shaped the Ballets Russes and influenced 20th-century culture.
Explore the history of the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev, a groundbreaking company that revolutionized ballet in the twentieth century. Learn about the artists, composers, choreographers, and dancers who created the first great ballet classics of the modern era.
May 30, 2013 · Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance In the early 1900s, the company shed the tutus and toeshoes and took a radically different approach to dance. A new exhibit at the...
- Susan Stamberg
Ballets Russes, ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev. The original company included the choreographer Michel Fokine and the dancers Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky; the choreographer George Balanchine joined in 1925.
The Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev claims a special position, even a unique one, in the history of the performing arts, in terms of a reawakening of interest in ballet in Europe and America, in bringing Russian culture to the attention of the rest of the Western world, and in presenting ballet as an equal partnership of movement, music, and ...
