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
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
Pavillion d'Armide by A. Benois 01
Les Biches
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Les Biches is a one-act ballet to music by Francis Poulenc, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered by the Ballets Russes on 6 January 1924 at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. Nijinska dan
Poulenc in the early 1920s
Marie Laurencin, who created the original decor and costumes
The Hostess, her two athletes, and the blue sofa: Bennet Gardside, Zenaida Yanowsky and Thomas Whitehead in the Royal Ballet production, 2005