Sergei Diaghilev
Noun
Meaning
Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
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Apollo represented a return to form in response to Sergei Diaghilev 's abstract ballets.
Early life and career Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov (1904) Portrait of Serge Diaghilev with His Nanny, by Léon Bakst (1906).
He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes : The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).
Sergei Diaghilev was born to a wealthy and cultured family in Selishchi ( Novgorod Governorate ), Russia ; his father, Pavel Pavlovich, was a cavalry colonel, but the family's money came mainly from vodka distilleries.
Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev persuaded Cocteau to write a scenario for a ballet, which resulted in Parade in 1917.