1. The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929

2. The Ballets Russes A company of Russian dancers and choreographers residing in Paris from 1909 - 1929 which transformed the worlds of dance, music, art, theater and fashion

3. Origins of the Ballets Russes Ballet had been introduced into Russia in the 18 th century during the reign of Peter the Great. In 1738, the first ballet school opened for the children of the palace servants, eventually becoming the Imperial Ballet School and the company of the Maryinsky (Kirov) Theater.

4. Origins of the Ballets Russes Ballet became the vogue in Russia, especially amongst the aristocracy, then a tradition. By the end of the 19 th century, the Russians had become the artistic leaders of classical ballet, breathing life back into it.

5. Founding of the Ballets Russes In 1904, Isadora Duncan dances in St. Petersburg. In 1906, Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), a young Russian aristocrat, first exported to Paris an exhibition of Russian art. In 1907, he arranged a series of five concerts of Russian opera and music. In 1909, Diaghilev introduces the new troupe as a summer theater program of the Russian Opera and Ballet. The company was founded by Sergei Diaghilev, in 1911 as a permanent ballet company residing in Paris.

6. Founder of the Ballets Russes Sergei Diaghilev 1872 - 1929

7. Importance of the Ballets Russes Presented innovative ballets The Rite of Spring

8. Incorporated advanced, experimental technical skills The Afternoon of a Faun

9. Commissioned new musical scores Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka

10. Employed avant- garde composers, choreographers, dancers, and designers to create cutting-edge ballets Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun

11. Embraced primitivism and the exotic as a means of expressing the new dance freedom Nijinsky in Les Orientales

12. Contributors

13. Vaslav Nijinsky 1888 -1950

14. Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973

15. Curtain for Parade (1917)

16. Costume for the Chinese Conjuror in Parade (1917)

17. Costume of the American Manager, Parade (1917)

18. Scene from Parade (1917)

20. Coco Chanel 1883 - 1971

21. Costumes for Le Train bleu (1924)

22. Leon Bakst 1866-1924

23. Costume for The Firebird (1910)

24. Costume for The Red Sultana (1910)

25. Costume for a Bacchante, Narcisse (1911)

26. Costume for Schéhèrazade (1910)

27. Costume for a Pilgrim, Le Dieu Bleu (1912)

28. Nicholas Roerich 1874 - 1947

29. Michel Fokine 1880 - 1942

30. Claude Debussy 1862-1918

31. Maurice Ravel 1875 - 1937

32. Erik Satie 1866-1925

33. Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971

34. Jean Cocteau 1889 - 1963