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Born January 3, 1904 • Moscow • Russia
Died December 8, 1990 (aged 86) • Paris • France
Founder Les Ballets 1933
Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist
Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballerina
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
Alexandra Danilova
Russian ballerina
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
Marjorie Tallchief
American dancer
Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor
Lawrence Rhodes
American ballet director