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The ballet school was founded in St. Petersburg, Russia and produced many talented masters and dancers such as Marius Petipa and Anna Pavlova
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A group of four of the most famous ballerinas, Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Lucile Grahn, and Fanny Cerito, premiered at His Majesty's Theatre.
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One of the most well known pieces of the Classical Ballet Era premiered in Russia. The Nutcracker is about a young girl and her brother go through adventures with The Nutcracker after they go to bed.
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Diaghilev had a very successful season of Russian Ballet causing him to form his very own ballet company that took spotlight until his passing.
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Serge Diaghilev passed away leaving The Ballet Russe without their founder.
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Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum began to reform the ballet company two years after Diahilev's death
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The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo had their first performance where the Baby Ballerinas (Irina Baronova, Tamara Toumanova, and Tatiana Riabouchinska). This trio was formed by George Balanchine, the initial choreographer of de Monte Carle.
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Massine took over the spotlight for choreography and soon replaced Balanchine as lead choreographer to the company
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He immigrated to the US where he choreographed over 400 ballets including Serenade, Agon, and The Four Temperaments.
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The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo is given the opportunity to go to America to tour which allows them to expand their talents.
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After much conflict between Massine and Basil, the two split. Massine wins the write to the name Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo leading Basil to name his company The Original Ballet Russe. They fought for dancers where Basil was left with only one of the baby ballerinas.
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Massine lost all rights to his own choreography leading him to make three new ballets before the debuts in London. Also, Basil hired David Lichine as lead choreographer leading to a more massive rivalry.
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World War II had been declared. The two companies fled to America on the same boat where they practiced endlessly for New York and Massine's whistle stop tour.
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After announcing Basil was unbearable to work with, Sol Hurok discontinued his touring with him and his company after two years. Leading Basil to go to Latin America for a tour.
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo hired this choreographer to add an American twist to their ballets. The first performance of her famous piece, "Rodeo," was at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC.
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After helping the company grow and forming the company, Massine left Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as the Massine Era had ended, and his ballets became unsuccessful
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After leaving Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 12 years ago, he took the place of Massine as lead choreographer. Balanchine fused Broadway and film into ballet increasing the growing popularity of the company.
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The Original Ballet Russe had been struggling to maintain its popularity for a while, losing some of the company's greatest dancers and replacing them with untrained dancer. This lead to the downfall and last performance.
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo shut down after all the fame because of the bankruptcy they fell into.
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A choreographer from Georgia moved to California to form the LINES contemporary ballet company.
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One of the "most foremost dancers of the 20th century," Rudolph Nureyev became The Paris Opera Ballet's director after being recognized for his amazing talent
