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George Balanchine
Father of American Ballet and became the principle choreographer and dance master -
Diaghilev died 1929
Diaghilev was a Russian choreographer who founded Ballet Russe -
Baby ballerinas
Balanchine united very young ballerinas with diverse personality's at 12-13 years old. These young dancers became known as the "baby ballerinas". Tamara Toumanova was more dramatic, Tania Riabounchinska was feather light with lots of personality, and Irina Boranova was more girlish, passionate and flirty. -
Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
Basil and Blum created a new company named Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo -
massine era
Basil and Blum pushed out Balanchine, and brought in Massine who introduced the symphonic ballet -
Sol Horuk
Horuk booked Ballet Russe in America, he was known as one of the greatest promoters in america -
Start of Ballet Wars
Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum had many disagreements, and Blum left the company. Basil's ego grew and conflicted with Massine and he too soon left the company. A spat errupted between Basil and Massine over everything connected to the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, including legal fights over the company name and choreography. They each fought over dancers as well. Massine won the rights to the company name, therefore Basil named his The Original Ballet Russe. -
Decline of ballet war
In 1938 both company was ready to make their first performances. Massine had lost all the rights to his choreography and found himself having to create 3 new big ballets in a short time span. -
ww2
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier -
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
The company introduced audiences to ballet in cities and towns across the country, in many places where people had never seen classical dance. The company's principal dancers performed with other companies, and founded dance schools and companies of their own across the United States and Europe. They taught the Russian ballet traditions to generations of Americans and Europeans. -
Return of Balanchine
Balanchine made a come back and choreographed many ballets on broadway -
End of original Ballet Russe
They last graced the stage in November 1948
