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The Ballets Russes
A company of Russian dancers and choreographers residing in Paris from
1909 - 1929 which transformed the worlds of dance, music, art, theater and fashion
Origins of the Ballets Russes
• Ballet had been introduced into Russia
in the 18th century during the reign of Peter the Great.
• In 1738, the first ballet school opened for the children of the palace servants, eventually becoming the Imperial Ballet School and the company of the Maryinsky (Kirov) Theater.
Origins of the Ballets Russes
• Ballet became the vogue in Russia, especially amongst the aristocracy, then a tradition.
• By the end of the 19th century, the Russians had become the artistic leaders of classical ballet, breathing life back into it.
Founding of the Ballets Russes• In 1904, Isadora Duncan dances in St. Petersburg.• In 1906, Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), a young
Russian aristocrat, first exported to Paris an exhibition of Russian art.
• In 1907, he arranged a series of five concerts of Russian opera and music.
• In 1909, Diaghilev introduces the new troupe as a summer theater program of the Russian Opera and Ballet.
• The company was founded by Sergei Diaghilev, in 1911 as a permanent ballet company residing in Paris.
• Employed avant-garde composers, choreographers, dancers, and designers to create cutting-edge ballets
Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka
Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun
• Embraced primitivism and the exotic as a means of expressing the new dance freedom
Nijinsky in Les Orientales
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