Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

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

Diaghilev, Sergei Diaghilev

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| 1872: Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, often known as Serge and credited with being the father of modern ballet, was born in Novgorod.

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Four works of the Ballets Russes, Petrouchka, Les noces, Le spectre de la rose, L'apres-midi d'un faune, recreated in their original sets, costumes and choreography, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet as a tribute to Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev. New York: Elektra Entertainment, 1990.

The art of the Ballets Russes captured: reconstructed ballet performances on video

Also on This Day: 1871: Birth of American aviationpioneer Orville Wright;1929: Death of ballet director Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev; 1934: German plebiscite gave sole power to Adolf Hitler; 1942: Canadian commandos raided Dieppe; 1942: Montgomery became commander of the British Eighth Army in North Africa; 1953: Len Hutton's England side recaptured the Ashes at The Oval after a gap of 19 years; 1977: Death of American comedian Groucho Marx; 1987: Michael Ryan shot dead 16 people in Hungerford, Hertfordshire; 1988: Death of choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.