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This 11 page paper discusses two legendary figures in 20th century dance, impresario Serge Diaghilev and choreographer George Balanchine. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Balanchine, Diaghilev and Ballet Performance Research Compiled for The Paper
Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction George Balanchine and Serge Diaghilev are two of the greatest names in
dance. Their contributions to ballet revolutionized the art form. This paper discusses their contrasting styles; and then compares and contrasts a contemporary choreographers work with that of Balanchine. Discussion George
Balanchine: George Balanchine was born Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze in 1904 in St. Petersburg, where he began studying piano at the age of 5 ("George Balanchine (1904-1983), Choreographer", hereafter "Balanchine"). He
studied acting and dance, but always with the idea that if the theater didnt work out, he would join the military ("Balanchine"). At first, the youngster didnt care much for
the dance, but once he performed on stage he "became enamored of the theater" ("Balanchine"). His training was in the classical Russian ballet as it had been established by Petipa
and notes that despite belief to the contrary, ballet was not particularly popular in Russia ("Balanchine"). It wasnt until the 1917 Revolution that the authorities were persuaded to reinstate it
("Balanchine"). Sometime between 1919 and 1921, Balanchine enrolled in the "Petrograd (Leningrad) Conservatory of Music" while he continued to dance ("Balanchine"). At the conservatory he studied "piano and music theory,
including harmony and counterpart, for three years, and he began to compose music" ("Balanchine"). He was graduated from the Imperial Theater School in 1912, with honors, and "joined the corps
de ballet of the Maryinsky ... now the Kirov Ballet" ("Balanchine"). Still in his teens, he began to choreograph as well; his first ballet was a "pas de deux called
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