Ballet Wars

By AbigailU4

  • Fall of the Ballet Russe

    Fall of the Ballet Russe
    Ballet Russe collapsed in 1929 after Serge Diaghelev's death.

  • Revival of the Ballet Russe

    Wassily de Basil and Rene Blum decide to resurrect the Ballet Russe into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1931.

  • Choreographers

    Fokine, Nijinsky, Nijinska,and Massine choreographers join the company in 1932.

  • The first performance

    The first performance
    The first season of the Ballet kicked off in Monte Carlo in April,12,1932.

  • Breaking of a relationship

    Rene Blum leaves the company in 1934.

  • To America

    The Ballet comes to Chicago in 1934.

  • American dancers

    American dancers
    Marc Platt was the first American dancer.

  • Performances

    The Ballet Russe had performed for 3 million people by 1935.

  • The Spilt

    The Spilt
    Leonide Massine made plans for his own company in 1937.

  • The war

    Basil and Massine fought for rights over the name of the company.

  • Massine

    In 1938, Massine lost rights to all choreography from the original Ballet Russe.

  • London

    In the summer of 1939, Massine and Basil both performed in London.