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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , 1872-1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad. St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, 1892. In 1898 he founded an influential journal, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art]. He took a company of Russian dancers to Paris (1909) and, with the assistance of the pain... Read more
Lev Nikolayevich Bakst
Lev Nikolayevich Bakst , 1868-1924, Russian scene designer and painter. His original, imaginative style and brilliant color exerted a wide influence on costume, stage setting, and the decorative arts. His set and costume designs made for Diaghilev's ballets Cleopatra and Scheherazade from 1910 t... Read more
Mikhail Larionov
Mikhail Larionov , 1881-1964, Russian painter. Larionov, together with Natalya Goncherova, was the founder of Rayonism, one of the earliest movements in nonfigurative art. Settling in Paris in 1914, Larionov stopped painting in 1915 and designed sets for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe the same year. ... Read more
Ernest Ansermet
Ernest Ansermet , 1883-1969, Swiss conductor. For several years he was a high-school mathematics teacher. He began his conducting career in Germany and toured with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1915 to 1923. In 1918 he founded the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and remained its director ... Read more
Bronislava Nijinska
Bronislava Nijinska , 1891-1972, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; sister of Vaslav Nijinsky . She studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and then joined the Maryinsky Theatre. In 1909, she moved to Diaghilev 's Ballet Russe, where she danced in the entire repertory. Althou... Read more
Dame Marie Rambert
Dame Marie Rambert 1888-1982, a founder of the English ballet, b. Warsaw as Miriam Rambam. Trained by Jacques Dalcroze in eurythmics, Rambert joined the Diaghilev Ballet Russe as an instructor in 1913. She danced with the company after studying ballet with Enrico Cecchetti. In 1920 she opened her o... Read more
Nicholas Konstantin Roerich
Nicholas Konstantin Roerich , 1874-1947, Russian artist, scene designer, and archaeologist. He was connected with the Moscow Art Theatre and the Diaghilev ballet. His stage sets for Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps (1913) revealed him as a brilliant colorist. He traveled to the United States where ... Read more
Australian Ballet
Australian Ballet national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964. The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by Edouard Borovansky of the Ballets Russes (see Diaghilev, S. P. ). The Australian Ballet is linked to Britain's Royal Ba... Read more
Pierre Monteux
Pierre Monteux , 1875-1964, French-American conductor, studied at the Paris Conservatory. As conductor (1911-14) of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe, he directed the premieres of ballets by Stravinsky, Ravel, and Debussy. He came to the United States in 1916 to conduct the Ballet Russe on its American tour,... Read more
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Sir Malcolm Sargent 1895-1967, English conductor, whose original name was Harold Malcolm Watts-Sargent. He was a composer and organist prior to his debut as a conductor at Queen's Hall in 1921. He served as conductor with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1927-30).... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Diaghilev,"

Sergei Diaghilev
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Sergei Diaghilev A Russian who inspired artists, musicians, and dancers, Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) took the ballet to new heights...asked King Alfonso of Spain upon meeting Sergei Diaghilev, famed impresario of Diaghilev's Ballets...
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , 1872-1929, Russian ballet impresario...choreographer Michel Fokine , founded Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, a troupe that was to revolutionize the world of dance. Diaghilev's productions were based on the principles...
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (1872–1929) Russian ballet impressario. Diaghilev was active in the Russian avant-garde after 1898 and formed (1911) the Ballets Russes , acting as its director until his death. He revolutionized...
Vaslav Nijinsky
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the years he was the dazzling star of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and she a member of...bright academically, except in geometry. Diaghilev's scenic artist, Alexandre Benois...It was at this time that he met Sergei Diaghilev, 18 years his senior, and became his...
Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...established a liaison with the impresario Serge Diaghilev. Prokofiev was already a successful musician, published and performed, and the Diaghilev contact was the all but final stamp of...failed to materialize at first, and Diaghilev was not encouraging. In mid-1917 Prokofiev...
Balanchine, George
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...manager of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev (1872 – 1929), discovered Balanchine in 1925 in Paris, France. When Diaghilev's most famous choreographer, Nijinska...world. Balanchine did ten ballets for Diaghilev, and it was Diaghilev who changed the...
Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in France The great impresario Sergei Diaghilev, hearing Fireworks, recognized both...that he was producing in Paris. Then Diaghilev assigned him bigger tasks, for which Stravinsky postponed his opera Nightingale. Diaghilev soon brought him into the center of an...
George Balanchine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...in 1925 in Paris by the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev. When Diaghilev's most famous choreographer, Nijinska, left...the most famous ballet corps in the world. It was Diaghilev who changed the Russian's name to Balanchine...
ballet
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...art-work was also central to Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, whose company had annual London seasons from 1911 to 1914. Diaghilev commissioned many of the leading artists...Stravinsky, Debussy, Satie, and Ravel. Diaghilev helped establish classical ballet as...
Silver Age
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...contributed to this renaissance: Sergei Diaghilev (1872 – 1929) and the St...practical organization, and public effect to Diaghilev, who in 1898 launched the famous magazine...on their set and costume designs for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1909 –...

Dictionary entries related to "Diaghilev,"

Diaghilev, Sergei
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Diaghilev, Sergei (1872–1929...with decor designed by Bakst. In 1907 Diaghilev organized a series of concerts of Russian...dancers included Nijinsky and Pavlova). Diaghilev, indeed, envisaged the visual spectacle...
Diaghilev, Serge (Pavlovich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Diaghilev, Serge (Pavlovich) [ Dyagilev, Sergey ] ( b Selistchev, Novgorod...sensational Ballets Russes developed, transforming the ballet world. Diaghilev directed the co. until his death, surviving financial crises and personal...
Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Petersburg in 1909, they were heard by Diaghilev , who had by then formed the famous Ballets...property, and the financial troubles of the Diaghilev co., Stravinsky thought of forming...His ballet Pulcinella , composed for Diaghilev in 1919–20, was a ‘...
Nijinsky, Vaclav
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...s Pavillon d'Armide (1907). Met Diaghilev and became prin. attraction in Paris...considered indecent. Choreographer for Diaghilev prods. of L'Aprèsmidi d...1913). His marriage led to break with Diaghilev. Estab. own co. 1914 but it failed...
Ballet
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Ballet but was adopted by impresario Serge Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes tours of western...ballet presentations in America. Although Diaghilev's company did not reach the United...concert promoters. Hurok added the post-Diaghilev Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo to his...
Bakst, Léon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...above all for his costumes and sets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, his work playing...impact the company made in the West. The Diaghilev ballets for which he made designs include...Rubinstein's ballet company as well as Diaghilev, designing for her The Martyrdom of...
Benois, Alexandre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...World of Art Group . He was a close friend and collaborator of Diaghilev , in Russia and later in Paris, and he is best known for...French Rococo elements. Following a difference of opinion with Diaghilev he worked at Stanislavsky's Moscow Arts Theatre, 1912...
World of Art
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...exhibiting society, and this lasted until 1924). Sergei Diaghilev was the journal's editor, and his contributors and collaborators...synthesis of old and new was best expressed in the decor for Diaghilev's ballet company, which revolutionized European stage design...
Nijinskaya, Bronislava
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...and choreographer. Sister of Vaclav Nijinsky . Created roles in Diaghilev ballets ( Carnaval , 1910 and Petrushka , 1911). Returned to Russ. 1914 but left 1921 to rejoin Diaghilev co. as dancer, prod., and choreographer. Created Renard...
Larionov, Mikhail
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...Futurism . In May 1914 Larionov and Goncharova accompanied Diaghilev's Ballets Russes to Paris. They returned to Russia in July...concentrated on theatrical designing for the Ballets Russes. After Diaghilev's death in 1929 Larionov took up painting again, but he...

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The Impresario.(Diaghilev and Friends)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Diaghilev and Friends by Joy Melville Haus Publishing...the centennial of the founding of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, balletomanes have...discussions. Now comes a new biography of Diaghilev by a British journalist who has written...
Saluting the theatrical Diaghilev. (continuing influence of impresario Diaghilev on twentieth century dance)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Diaghilev is dead, but he won't lie down. The...bizarre. Last summer, for example, Diaghilev was reincarnated by Tony Tanner, an...monologue, Charlatan: A Memoir of Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, was able to...
A true vocation; The legendary impresario Diaghilev changed the course of Western art forever, says Richard Edmonds.(Features)(Dance review)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/11/2009; 700+ words ; ...Richard Edmonds A Feast of Wonders - Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (Skira: pounds...this beautifully designed new book on Diaghilev and his astonishing company of Russian...immediately after the First World War. Diaghilev himself, the only begetter of the remarkable...
Diaghilev plays Hartford A spectacular show recalls the glory of the Ballets Russes
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Alexander Schouvaloff. ARTFORD -- Serge Diaghilev was the greatest impresario of his age...Austin aimed, in fact, to be an American Diaghilev. And thanks to Austin, what is arguably the world's greatest collection of Diaghilev-related designs ended up not in London...
Ballet, beauty and the beast Sergei Diaghilev had charm, cunning and the unique ability to intimidate the likes of Picasso or Matisse. Yet for all his genius, the trailblazing Ballet Russes founder was forever on the brink of catastrophe.
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/18/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...cemetery, was that of Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, founder and leader of the Ballets Russes...In the course of a 23-year career, Diaghilev had made his mark in Europe and the Americas...Shortly before the First World War, Diaghilev reinvented his company as a laboratory...
Letter from London.(exhibit honoring Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; LONDON--Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev would have approved of the exhibition...not to pending revolution, as in Diaghilev's turn of the century Russia...extraordinary creative genius from Russia. "Diaghilev, Creator of the Ballets Russes...
'DIAGHILEV'S DESIGNERS' A RAVISHING EXHIBIT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/17/1988; ; 700+ words ; Diaghilev's Designers: The Serge Lifar Collection...Sept. 25. HARTFORD - In 1929, Serge Diaghilev, the great impresario who had astonished...of set and costume designs created for Diaghilev by artists from Benois to Picasso to...
Speaking of Diaghilev.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/18/1997; 700+ words ; SPEAKING OF DIAGHILEV. By John Drummond. Faber and Faber...FOR 20 years after it began in 1909, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes was a fountainhead...this phenomenon, Sergei Pavlovitch Diaghilev, was neither dancer, musician, actor...
Wyndham Bel Age's Acclaimed Diaghilev Restaurant Receives Highest Service and Culinary Honors.
Business Wire; 12/12/2001; 700+ words ; ...Service Distinction The highly-praised Diaghilev Restaurant at the Wyndham Bel Age, one...hallmarks of the Wyndham Bel Age and the Diaghilev Restaurant, and these awards demonstrate...dining experience." To qualify, the Diaghilev passed a rigorous 75-point evaluation...
Reinventing the Ballet Russes - Stunning Tributes to Diaghilev.(Un Hommage aux les Ballet Russes)(Dance Review)
Magazine article from: World and I; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...seminal Russian dance impressario Sergei Diaghilev with innovative versions of Ballets Russes...crash course on ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev. In 1910, the Russian-born visionary...of the court and needed revitalizing. Diaghilev relocated to Paris, taking some of Russia...