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Diaghilev dies on August 19, 1929. He left most of his dancers without work.
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In 1931, the resurrection of dance began. Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum first started, by changing their new company's name to Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.
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Tamara Toumanova, Tania Riabouchinska, and Irina Boranova were the "baby ballerinas" of the time. After their performance, in 1932, everyone loved the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
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In 1933, the Massine Era of ballet at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo began.
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo set sails for America where an impresario booked their first American Tour.
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When they got to America, they performed for 3 million people. They also started adding new people into the Dance company, but since they were American, they changed their names so that they would sound Russian.
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Blum and Basil disagreed in something, so Blum resigned from the company.
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Each person went their separate ways, and they each got their own dancers or performers. They usually fought for the dancers.
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In 1938, each company was ready to make their debut. There was only one problem, Massine had lost all the rights to his choreography. As a result, he had to create 3 new ballets.
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Since Massine had left the company, Basil had to find someone to replace the main choreographer. He hired David Lichine to be the choreographer of his company.
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Hurok needed another tour, so he chose Massine's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Around the same time, Basil took his company to Australia.
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After all of the war, in 1944, Ballet crossed over into broadway. Ballet became a very important part of society.
