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Ballets Russes | ballet company | Britannica.com  Ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev. The original ... The company was dissolved after Diaghilev's death in 1929.
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Ballets Russes Timeline - 1850 - 1929  Russian scenery and costume designer for the Ballets Russes Lon Bakst (Lev Samoilovich Rosenberg; d. ... who collaborated to produce the first great ballet classics of the twentieth century. ... The man behind this achievement was the Russian impresario and .... After Diaghilev's death in 1929, Grigoriev joined Col.
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History of Ballets Russes - Russian Ballet History  The History of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1909-1929 ... Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge ... because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance. ... After Diaghilev's Death.
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NYCB - George Balanchine - New York City Ballet  Shortly after this, Balanchine suffered a knee injury which limited his dancing and ... Russes until the company was dissolved following Diaghilev's death in 1929. .... was the prevailing style in Russian and European ballet when he had begun to ... The greatest choreographer of our time, George Balanchine, is responsible...
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Ballets Russes - Wikipedia  The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company based 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. After its initial Paris season, the company had no formal ties there. ... Originally conceived by impresario Sergei Diaghilev, the Ballets Russes is...
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1917 Russian Revolutions  No sooner had the 1905 Revolution died out than Nicholas 11 thought of ... rule, Czar Nicholas II had attempted to remove the discontent of the peasants by ... When Stolypin became the Prime Minister in 1906, he abolished the communal system. .... A number of moderate Socialists took part in the Provisional Government.
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Sergei Prokofiev - New World Encyclopedia  Sep 8, 2015 ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian:   ... the Wolf, the ballet Romeo and Juliet and for his film scores for Eisenstein's films Ivan .... (Hail to Stalin) (Op. 85), which secured his position as a Soviet composer and ... Prokofiev died at the age of 61 on March 5, 1953: the same day as Stalin.
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Nicholas I of Russia - Wikipedia  Nicholas I was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland ... In 1825, when Alexander I died suddenly of typhus, Nicholas was caught ... to his second-eldest brother, Constantine Pavlovich, and accepting the throne .... Ballet took root in Russia after its importation from France, and classical...
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Michel Fokine | Russian dancer and choreographer | Britannica.com  In 1905 he composed the solo The Dying Swan for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.... ... Michel Fokine, original name Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokine (born April 23 ... His first ballet, created in 1905 for performance by his pupils, was Acis et...
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Beecham, Sir Thomas - Cosmeo  He introduced the Russian ballet impresario Sergey Diaghilev and his company, the Ballets Russes, to London in 1911, and in 1913 he brought the Russian...
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Free Flashcards about BALLET - StudyStack  IN 1911 THIS GREAT DANCER LEAPT INTO IMMORTALITY WITH HIS ..... WITH HIS MAGNIFICENT EXIT LEAP IN "LE SPECTRE DE LA ROSE", NIJINSKY.
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Celebrated Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89 - LA Times  May 5, 2015 ... Maya Plisetskaya, the celebrated Russian ballerina famous for her swan-like ... She was the prima ballerina who could not tour with her company, the ... and 35 when she succeeded Galina Ulanova as prima ballerina, the...
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Free Flashcards about BALLET - StudyStack  THIS RUSSIAN BALLERINA CHOREOGRAPHED ONLY ONE BALLET, ..... FOR A 1905 BENEFIT, MICHEL FOKINE CREATED "THE DYING SWAN" FOR THIS...
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Vaslav Nijinsky | Russian dancer | Britannica.com  Russian-born ballet dancer of almost legendary fame, celebrated for his spectacular ... In 1909 he joined Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and the company's ... (in reference to Auguste Vestris, a famous French dancer of the 18th century). ... Nijinsky is buried next to Auguste Vestris in the cemetery of Montmartre in Paris.
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Anna Pavlova's Life Story by Alexis Jones on Prezi  Apr 29, 2014 ... She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of ... the Anna Pavlova died a half hour past midnight on Friday, January 23, 1931 with her ... Her last words were, "Get my 'Swan' costume ready.
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How Josef Stalin Stole Sergei Prokofiev's Flowers | Houston Press  Apr 25, 2011 ... In can be easily argued that Russian born composer Sergei ... Film & TVV ... Both men died on March 5, 1953, and it was this coincidence that Stalin's regime ... The crowds in Red Square mourning Stalin's passing were so thick ... to playing a recording of the funeral march from his ballet Romeo and Juliet.
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Ballet History | Kansas City Ballet  Most French court ballets consisted of dance scenes linked by a minimum of plot. .... Balanchine, and the Russian-born French dancer and choreographer Serge ... as Rudolf Nureyev, artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989;...
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: Natasha's Dance  His fascinating characters range high and low; the revered Tolstoy, who left his deathbed to ... Monument to Peter the Great, 1782 (photo: Hulton Archive, London) .... Place names indicated in the maps are those used in Russia before 1917. ... Since 1991, most Russian cities have reverted to their pre-revolutionary names.
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The Rise and Fall of Nijinsky He was the world's greatest male ballet ...  Aug 9, 2016 ... Yet behind the scenes the maverick dancer endured mental illness. ... before a descent into madness prematurely ended his career in 1919. ... At nine he was accepted by the Imperial Ballet School in Russia, the world's...
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Roland Petit, Choreographer, Is Dead at 87 - The New York Times  Jul 11, 2011 ... Roland Petit, Choreographer, Dies at 87; Conquered Ballet Taboos and ... His death was reported by his wife, the ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire, the Paris Opera Ballet said. ... Mr. Petit stunned dance and theater audiences in London in New ... When he co-founded Les Ballets des Champs-lyses, he engaged...
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The Kirov Claims Its Balanchine Legacy - NYTimes.com  Mar 5, 1989 ... Search All NYTimes.com ... LENINGRAD GEORGE BALANCHINE DIED IN 1983, BUT two weeks ... It was on the present Kirov stage, in the theater then known as the ... such other luminaries as Pavlova, Nijinsky and Ulanova trained. .... the U.S.S.R., are now recognized by Russian dance encyclopedias.