ballet wars

By deyas18
  • 1944 BCE

    return

    return
    -In 1944 Ballet crossed over into Broadway, choreographed by George Balachine. return; 12 years ago he left the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and has been bouncing around ballet, Broadway, and film.
  • 1933 BCE

    Massine era

    Massine era
    -1933 started the Massine Era of ballet at the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo (in London).
    -Massine won the rights to the company name, Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo so Basil renamed his company The Original Ballet Russe.
  • 1931 BCE

    And here we go!

    -1931 is when the resurrection began.
  • 1930 BCE

    Baby ballerinas

    Baby ballerinas
    -Balanchine has an idea to make very young dancers the stars of the ballet. At 12-13 years old, and each having a different style from one another, they became known as the “baby ballerinas.”
    -1930s: Irina Baronova (1919–2008), Tamara Toumanova (1919–1996), and Tatiana Riabouchinska (1917–2000)
  • 1929 BCE

    diaghilev

    diaghilev
    -Diaghilev died in 1929, leaving his dancers without work.
    -The artistic director for the Ballets Russes was Léon Bakst,Together they developed a more complicated form of ballet

  • 3 new enormous ballets

    -In 1938 (London) each company was ready to make their debut. But Massine has lost all the rights to his choreography and found himself having to create 3 new enormous ballets.

  • George balanchine

    George balanchine
    -George Balanchine (a former choreographer for Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe) became the Dance Master and principle choreographer. he -co-founded the New York City Ballet and remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years.

  • Russe de monte-carlo

    • Wasily de Basil and Rene Blum named their new company Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo. -The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo toured chiefly in the United States after World War II began. The company introduced audiences to ballet in cities and towns across the country, in many places where people had never seen classical dance.

  • True american ballet

    • Ballet Russes de Monte-Carlo took a chance and hired and American choreographer, Agnes de Mille. And so began the beginning of “true American ballet.”