Ballet Russe history Timeline

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  • may 4 1738

    St Petersburg in Russia the Russian school imperial dance was founded
  • 1804

    1804

    Marie Taglioni was born
  • 1817

    1817

    Fanny Cerrito was born
  • 1819

    1819

    Carlotta Grisi was born
  • 1819

    1819

    Lucille Grahn was born
  • 1845

    1845

    Grahn moved to England and perform as the youngest in "pas de quatre"

  • 1847

    Taglioni retired

  • 1854

    Grisi retired

  • 1857

    Cerrito retired

  • 1870

    Marius Petipa was the ballet master of the Imperial theater in Russia
  • 1872

    1872

    Serge Diaghilev was born
  • 1880

    1880

    Michel Fokine was born
  • 1881

    1881

    Anna Pavlova was born
  • 1890

    1890

    Vaslav Nijinsky was born

  • 19th century

    dancers and chorographers brought romance ballet to Russia

  • 19th century

    dancers and chorographers brought romantic ballet to Russia
  • 1904

    1904

    George Balanchine was born

  • 1909

    Diaghilev made a contract for a summer season of Russian ballet In Paris.
  • 1910

    1910

    The ballet Firebird was created

  • 1911

    Diaghilev established the company as Diaghilev's ballet Russe
  • 1911

    1911

    The ballet Petruchka was created
  • 1912

    1912

    The ballet Le Apres-midi un Fune was created
  • 1913

    1913

    The ballet Le Sacre du Primtemps was created
  • 1918

    1918

    Jerome Robbins was born

  • 1923

    Serge Lifar debuted with the Ballet Russe and is known as of the greatest male dancers

  • 1929

    Diaghilev died leaving his dancers without work

  • 1931

    resurrection began

  • 1931

    Anna Pavolva died

  • 1931

    Basil and Blum named the company Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
  • 1932

    1932

    first performance of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

  • 1933

    started Massine era of ballet

  • 1933

    George Balanchine emigrated to the US to establish a ballet school a company
  • 1934

    1934

    Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo set sails for America. Where Sol Hurok booked their first American tour
  • 1934

    1934

    Arthur Mitchell was born
  • 1935

    1935

    The ballet Serenade was created

  • 1935

    Ballet Russe du Monte Carlo performed for 3 million people

  • 1938

    Each company was ready to make their debut
  • 1938

    1938

    Rudolf Nureyev was born

  • 1938

    Basil and Massine became rivals and tried to steal dancers from another

  • 1939

    Both companies were back in London

  • September 3,1939

    war world two was declared
  • 1940

    1940

    Natalia Makarova was born

  • 1941

    Hurok severed his ties with Basil because he said that basil was impossible to work with

  • 1942

    Michel Fokine died
  • 1943

    1943

    Elliot feld was born

  • 1944

    Ballet crossed over into Broadway choreographed by George Balanchine

  • 1948

    The original Ballet Russe company's last performance
  • 1948

    1948

    Mikhail Baryshnikov was born

  • 1950

    Vaslav Nijinsky died
  • 1957

    1957

    ballet "Agon" was created

  • 1979

    Leonide Massine died

  • 1998

    Jerome Robbins died

  • 20th century

    ballet morphed into contemporary ballet