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Russian Ballet
The Russian Ballet has been importing French Ballet masters. It developed and flourished in the Russian Imperial Theaters which offered opera, ballet, and drama -
Russian to Classical
New choreographers and dancers created new works including a more classical style of ballet. The classical ballets focused on female roles -
Romantic Ballet
Romantic Ballet was developed in the 19th century and characterized by passionate striving to discover meaning. -
Famous Four
Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Lucille Grahn, Fanny Cerito were the Pas de Quatre. four ballerinas that were the best of their tme. They participated in famous ballets such as the infamous Pas de Quatre -
Beginning of Ballet Russe
Ballet Russe was founded by Serge Diaghilev in 1907. the cast was hand picked by Diaghilev himself and was eventually introduced to Paris in 1909 -
Ballet Russe Changes
After Serge Diaghilev passed away Ballet Russe dancers were left without any work. It was time for a fresh start and Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum took over the company. George Balanchine was a new choreographer for Ballet Russe -
Baby Ballerinas are born
Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, and Tamara Toumanova were known as Ballet Russe's very own Baby Ballerina. They were the youngest dancers in Ballet Russe. -
Ballet Russe Meets Symphonic Ballet
In 1933, a new kind of ballet as born. Leonide Massine came up with the idea of doing Symphonic Ballet with the Ballet Russe dancers and it became a hit -
Ballet War Begins
Massine and Basil had a falling out and fought over who would take the dancers and title of Ballet Russe. -
Ballet Russe Split
After fighting over Ballet Russe, Leonide and Basil decided to split Ballet Russe into two separate performance groups. The Original Ballet Russe and Ballet de Monte Carlo. During this time Leonide brought Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to Austarlia -
War Brings Ballet Russes Together
During WW2, both of the Ballet Russe found themselves escaping the war on the same boat headed to America -
The Original Ballet Russe Comes To An End
Basil's Original Ballet Russe began to thin and eventually came to an end due to Basil being bankrupt and dancers lost. -
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Flourishes
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo began to perform in movies, Broadway and had its very own American choreographer Agnus de Mille and of course the one and only George Balanchine -
Neoclassical Ballet
Neoclassical Ballet as introduced int the 1960's by George Balanchine himself. It emerged in both ABT and NYCB -
Contemporary
By the end of the 20th century ballet had changed into something else, contemporary. A more modern style of dance to suit the next generation of dancers.
