The new Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo gave its first performance in 1938. Costumes were designed by British dancers Frederic Franklin and Jo Savino were also among those who joined the new company. Franklin danced with the company from 1938 to 1952, assuming the role of ballet master in 1944.

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, ballet company founded in Monte-Carlo in 1932. The name Ballets Russes had been used by the impresario Serge Diaghilev for his company, which revolutionized ballet in the first three decades of the 20th century.

The Original Ballet Russe (originally named Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo) was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes, founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev.

Inheritors of the Ballets Russes, the Monte-Carlo Ballet Company was established in 1985 in the Principality of Monaco thanks to the will of H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover. It has been directed since 1993 by Jean-Christophe Maillot who has created more than 30 ballets for it.

Founded in 1932, the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo was the brainchild of Colonel Wasily de Basil (Vassily Grigorievitch Voskresensky) and Rene Blum, who assembled and directed the company in the wake of critical changes in the world of classical dance: the deaths of Serge Diaghilev and Anna Pavlova (in 1929 and 1931, respectively), who had ...

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Nov 23, 2005 · A new documentary tells the story of two rival ballet companies: the original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. They were two of the most famous and influential ballet...

Many of de Basil's dancers followed Massine and joined René Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The new company got backing from Julius Fleischmann, of the Cincinnati Yeast Fleischmanns, who became President.

When the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo first visited America in 1933 Andre Eglevsky was a member of the company, the following season as well. Then came a year and a half with Leon Woizikowski and two seasons with the Blum Ballet which included a tour to South Africa.

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Ballet co. formed in 1932, and orig. called Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, in effort to continue Diaghilev's work. It was headed by Colonel Wassili de Basil and René Blum, with Fokine, Massine, and Balanchine as choreogs.

"Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo" published on by null. A descendant of René Blum's Ballets de Monte Carlo, and part of the proliferation of companies which sprung up in the 1930s hoping to recapture the enormous popularity of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

When Massine became artistic director in 1938, the company changed its name to Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and went to the U.S., which became its permanent home during the war.

Mar 6, 2019 · The Ballets Russes : Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, 1932-1952 by García-Márquez, Vicente, 1953-Publication date 1990 Topics Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo -- History Publisher New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House Collection trent_university; internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Contributor

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo - programs, 1950, 1, Box: 60. Ann Barzel dance research collection, Dance-MS-Barzel Research. The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives.

Nov 28, 2017 · The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in particular, toured across North America, bringing ballet to audiences who’d often never seen it before. In this, too, they’re models for the Trocks.

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1942) Venue. Royal Alexandra Theatre Show Run. September 30, 1942 - October 3, 1942 Genre. Dance Producer/Director. Sol Hurok/ Leonide Massine. Cast. Alexandra Danilova, Mia Slavenska, Nathalie Krossovska, Andre Eglevsky, Igor Youskevitch, Frederick Franklin, Audree Thomas, Betty Low & others. Sept 28 engagement ...

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1958) Venue. Royal Alexandra Theatre Show Run. March 31, 1958 - April 5, 1958 Genre. Dance Producer/Director. Ballet Foundation/Sergei J. Denham (Dir)/Ivan Boutnikoff (Conductor)/Michael Katcharoff, Maitre de Ballet. Cast ...

Jan 18, 2025 · Maria Tallchief scored a small role in the MGM musical Presenting Lily Mars (1943), starring Judy Garland, and her professional ballet career took off once she joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Starting out as an apprentice, she quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a member of the corps de ballet and performing in several shows. She ...

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1947) Venue. Royal Alexandra Theatre Show Run. April 1, 1947 - April 12, 1947 Genre. Dance Producer/Director. Sergei J. Denhan (Dir) Cast. Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, Leon Danielian, Ruthanna Boris, Nathalie Krassovska, Marie-Jeanne, Nora White, Nicholas Magallanes, Pauline Goddard,Gertrude Tyven, Robert ...

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1941) Venue. Royal Alexandra Theatre Show Run. February 10, 1941 - February 15, 1941 ... Dance Producer/Director. Sol Hurok, Col. W, deBasil's Ballet Russe Company. Cast. Irina Baranova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, David Lichine, Jasinsky, Paul Petroff, Ura Skibine, Anton Vlasoff. 14 ballets performed ...

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1945) Venue. Royal Alexandra Theatre Show Run. March 27, 1945 - April 7, 1945 Genre. Dance Producer/Director. George Balanchine. Cast. Nathalie Krassovska, Dorothy Etheridge, Ruthanna Boris, M. Leon Danielian, Nicholas Magallanes, Michael Katharoff, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief & others: Company of 125 ...