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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Enrico Cecchetti employer Ballets Russes
Serge Lifar memberOf Ballets Russes
The Sleeping Beauty revivalCompany Ballets Russes
Erik Satie associatedWith Ballets Russes
Vaslav Nijinsky employer Ballets Russes
Vaslav Nijinsky memberOf Ballets Russes
Ninette de Valois workedFor Ballets Russes
Tamara Tchinarova memberOf Ballets Russes
Tamara Tchinarova movement Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Ballets Russes tradition
Irina Baronova associatedWith Ballets Russes
this entity surface form: Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes legacy
Lady Keynes performedWith Ballets Russes