Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
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The company Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was formed in 1932 after the death of Sergei Diaghilev and the demise of Ballets Russes. Its director was Wassily de Basil, and its artistic director was René
The company performs The Nutcracker in 1940.
Maria Tallchief and Frederic Franklin in a 1955 advertisement for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Ballets Russes
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The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris which performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia
Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
…The company Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (with a plural name) was formed in 1932 after the death of Sergei Diaghilev and the demise of Ballets Russes. Its director was Wassily de Basil (usually referred to as Colonel W. de Basil), and its artistic director was René Blum. They fell out in 1936 and the…
Poster by Jean Cocteau for the 1911 Ballet Russe season showing Nijinsky in costume for Le Spectre de la rose, Paris
Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes
Ballet Russes by August Macke, 1912
Dimitri Rostoff as Malatesta in Francesca da Rimini, Original Ballet Russe, 1940