Who founded the 'Ballet Russes' in 1909?
Original Ballet Russe the world. Some film was in colour, a rarity for that time. Original Ballet Russe The Original Ballet Russe (originally named Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo) was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the "Ballets Russes", founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev. The company assumed the new name "Original Ballet Russe" after a split between de Basil and Blum. De Basil led the renamed company, while Blum and others founded a new company under the name "Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo". It was a large scale professional ballet company
Ballets Russes Russes, 1909–1929: When Art Danced with Music." National Gallery of Art, East Building Mezzanine. 12 May— 2 September 2013. Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Stockholm, 2014–2015: "Sleeping Beauties – Dreams and Costumes". The Dance Museum in Stockholm owns about 250 original costumes from the Ballets Russes, in this exhibition about fifty of them are shown. (www.dansmuseet.se) Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company based in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company