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When Diaghilev died in 1929 his dancers were left with none of his work
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IN 1931 Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum resurrected the Ballet Russe. And renamed it Ballet Russe deMonte Carlo. They appointed George Balanchine as the dance master
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The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo had their first performance was 1932
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Basil and Blum secretly pushed out George Balachine for Leonide Massine
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in 1933 Massine brought the symphony orchestra to ballet and the crowd loved it. And he created strong lead roles for male dancers.
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In 1934 Ballet Russse de Monte-Carlo set sails for America. For their first american tour
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Blum and Basil did not agree on a lot of things so Blum resigned from the company. later on driving Massine to leaving the company.
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After the split the two had a law-suit battle over the owner ship of the name Ballet Russe and the dances.
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Massine won the company name, Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlos. Basil changed the name of the company to The Original Ballet Russe. But Massine also lost his choreography to all his dances.
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In 1938 both companies were ready to perform. But Massine had no rights to his choreography. And had to create 3 new ballets.
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Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939.The russian dancers were able to get on a boat going to america escaping the war. Both companies traveled on the boat.
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Sol Hurok took both stranded companies and found work for both of them in America
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Hurok abandoned the companies and the dancers started to leave and go to other dance schools.Nov 1948 was the company’s last performance.
