Diaghilev
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- proper noun
- /diˈɑːɡɪlɛf/
- He reviewed the productions in the state theaters; he also went to Paris and wrote about the ballets that Fokine and Nijinsky were making for Diaghilev.
- Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Examples
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Diaghilev is remembered as the father of Russian ballet, and Stravinsky is one of the most famous composers who emerged in that country.
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The revolutionary modernism of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Stravinsky's music carried the Russian legacy to Paris and London.
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Diaghilev chose his dancers either because they were good dancers, or because they had good social connections and could be useful to him.
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But the year before the Rite of Spring, Diaghilev had made Nijinsky the choreographer of the company.
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This revival, which began in the West during the reign of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes on the European stage, was due primarily to two factors.
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After the Revolution, when he and classicism were both, as he saw it, thrown out by the Soviet regime, he expected this even more urgently, as an act of justice, and when he saw Diaghilev's splendid 1921 production of The Sleeping Beauty, pearl of Russian classicism, he felt he had reason to hope.
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Encountering him again in 1925 as Diaghilev's house choreographer, Levinson seems to have taken a special interest in him, eventually pinning on him his hopes for a classical revival.
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Sergei Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, changing the landscape of ballet in the early 20th century.
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Under the leadership of Diaghilev, the Ballets Russes introduced groundbreaking performances that captivated audiences.
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The innovative works of Diaghilev and his company influenced countless dancers and choreographers around the world.
Synonyms
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A Russian ballet producer who founded the Ballets Russes and brought Russian ballet to Western Europe
Russian ballet producer who founded the Ballets Russes and brought Russian ballet to Western Europe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diaghilev is a Russian family name belonging to Sergei Diaghilev, a theatre producer who brought Russian ballet to Paris and London and created the famous Ballets Russes. So the name Diaghilev now makes people think of the man who opened Western stages to Russian dance.