Ballets Russes

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Ballets Russes was an influential early 20th-century Russian ballet company based in Paris that revolutionized modern ballet through innovative choreography, music, and design collaborations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet company
performing arts company
activeYearsEnd 1929
activeYearsStart 1909
alsoKnownAs Ballets Russes
surface form: Les Ballets Russes
artisticDirector Sergei Diaghilev
basedIn Paris
collaboratedWith Alexandre Benois
Bronislava Nijinska
Claude Debussy
Coco Chanel
George Balanchine
Giorgio de Chirico
Henri Matisse
Igor Stravinsky
Léon Bakst
Léonide Massine
Maurice Ravel
Michel Fokine
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pablo Picasso
Sergei Prokofiev
Vaslav Nijinsky
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
culturalImpact redefined ballet as a modern art form
dissolved 1929
employed Anna Pavlova
Serge Lifar
Tamara Karsavina
Vaslav Nijinsky
era early 20th century
foundedAs touring company from the Imperial Russian Ballet
foundedBy Sergei Diaghilev
genre ballet
headquartersLocation Paris
inception 1909
influenced 20th-century dance
modern ballet
languageOfName French
legacy inspired later companies such as the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
location Paris
movement modern ballet
notableFor innovative choreography
innovative music collaborations
innovative stage and costume design
patronage supported by European high society
performedIn London, England
surface form: London

Monte Carlo
Paris
various European cities
premiered L’Après-midi d’un faune
surface form: Afternoon of a Faun

Daphnis et Chloé
Parade
Petrushka
The Arabian Nights
surface form: Scheherazade

The Firebird
The Rite of Spring
style synthesis of music, dance, and visual arts
translatedName Ballets Russes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Russian Ballets

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George Balanchine workedFor Ballets Russes
Lydia Lopokova employer Ballets Russes
Lydia Lopokova performerIn Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Ballets Russes productions
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées notablePerformer Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Olga Khokhlova memberOf Ballets Russes
Olga Khokhlova employer Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
Olga Khokhlova movement Ballets Russes
Alexandra Danilova employer Ballets Russes
Alexandra Danilova memberOf Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes translatedName Ballets Russes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Russian Ballets
Ballets Russes alsoKnownAs Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Les Ballets Russes
Imperial Russian Ballet influenced Ballets Russes
Igor Stravinsky employer Ballets Russes
Lopokova memberOf Ballets Russes
subject surface form: Lydia Lopokova
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé commissionedFor Ballets Russes
subject surface form: Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé premiereCompany Ballets Russes
subject surface form: Daphnis et Chloé
Khokhlova memberOf Ballets Russes
subject surface form: Olga Khokhlova
Sergei Diaghilev founded Ballets Russes
Sergei Diaghilev notableWork Ballets Russes
Jean Cocteau workedFor Ballets Russes
The Firebird producedBy Ballets Russes
The Firebird firstPerformanceCompany Ballets Russes
The Rite of Spring premiereCompany Ballets Russes
Daphnis et Chloé commissionedFor Ballets Russes
Daphnis et Chloé premiereCompany Ballets Russes
Daphnis et Chloé originalCompany Ballets Russes
Parade performedBy Ballets Russes
Parade company Ballets Russes
Parade originalCompany Ballets Russes
Parade premiereCompany Ballets Russes
Anna Pavlova memberOf Ballets Russes
Petrushka producedBy Ballets Russes
Petrushka originalCompany Ballets Russes
Petrushka premiereCompany Ballets Russes
Léon Bakst employer Ballets Russes
Léon Bakst designedFor Ballets Russes
Tamara Karsavina employer Ballets Russes
Tamara Karsavina movement Ballets Russes
Michel Fokine employer Ballets Russes
Firebird associatedWithCompany Ballets Russes
subject surface form: Firebird (ballet role)
Alexandre Benois employer Ballets Russes
Alexandre Benois employer Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Sergei Diaghilev's company
Léonide Massine movement Ballets Russes
Léonide Massine employer Ballets Russes
Bronislava Nijinska workedFor Ballets Russes
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo namedAfter Ballets Russes
Enrico Cecchetti taughtAt Ballets Russes