Ballet Russes
The Legendary Company
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Ballet Russes is an unforgettable company that revolutionized ballet. Let me fascinate you with the essential details you must know about this legendary company!
General Information Name : Ballet Russes Other Related Names: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Original Ballet Russe. Year Founded : 1909 Founder : Serge Diaghilev Choreographers: Marius Petipa, Michel Fokine, Bronislava Nijinska, Léonide Massine, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine Location : Originally established in Paris
About the company
Ballet Russe was one of the most dominant theatre companies of the twentieth century. The company gave a complete new energy to the art of performing arts. They combined new dance, art and music which created an immense sensation around the world. The company formed revolutionary artist including contemporary choreographers, composers, artists, and dancers.
Brief history
Ballet Russe existed for twenty years between 1909 and 1929. Sergei Diaghilev formed the Pickwick Club with Benois and Bakst. The three published World of Art and hey believed that "art is free, life is paralyzed.", and so the ideas of creating Russian art influenced the creation of Ballet Russe. Diaghilev died an early death in 1929 therefore resulted in the dancers separating. The company got reproduced by Colonel Wassily de Basil and his associate René Blum and they renamed the company, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The great Balanchine and Massine worked together with the new company as choreographers. However, De Basil and Blum continually argued, so Blum set up another company with the name, Original Ballet Russe. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo left Europe and toured broadly in the United States. But with Balanchine creating the School of American Ballet, and next New York City Ballet, many of the superb Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers fled to New York to teach. The Original Ballet Russe remained to tour mainly in Europe. The company were influential in classical Russian ballet technique in European and British schools.
Dancers
The majority of the dancers came from the Russian Imperial Theatres and the company was renowned for the high standard of dancers. Through the existence of the company, they had many legendary dancers which included Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Mathilde Kschessinska, Ida Rubinstein, Bronislava Nijinska, and Alicia Markova.
Repertoire
The company performed a great deal of different dance styles which have been interpreted as Classical, Neo-Classical, Romantic, Neo-Romantic, Avant-Garde, Expressionist, Abstract, and Orientalist. The impact of the Ballet Russes lasts to this day in one way or another. The company performed well known classical ballet productions such as The Firebird.
Home theatre
Ballet Russes was a travelling company but was originally formed in PAris. They were situated at the the Théâtre Mogador and Théâtre du Châtelet. The company later moved to Monte Carlo and in 1911 was presented under Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and making its debut in London.
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