Diaghilev

Noun

Meaning

Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)

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After composing music for the Diaghilev -produced ballets Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913), Stravinsky turned to neoclassicism, a development culminating in his opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927). Source: Internet

After several increasingly antagonistic differences of opinion, Diaghilev in his demonstrative manner refused to go on editing the Annual of the Imperial Theatres and was discharged by Volkonsky in 1901 Prince Serge Volkonsky. Source: Internet

Alicia Markova was very young when she joined the Ballet Russes and would later say that she had called Diaghilev "Sergypops" and he had said he would take care of her like a daughter. Source: Internet

Diaghilev was a pioneer in adapting these new musical styles to modern ballet. Source: Internet

Apollo represented a return to form in response to Sergei Diaghilev 's abstract ballets. Source: Internet

Diaghilev dismissed Nijinsky summarily from the Ballets Russes after the dancer's marriage in 1913. Source: Internet

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