Diaghilev

[dee-ah-guh-lef, dyah-gyi-lyif]

noun

1. Sergei Pavlovich 1872–1929, Russian ballet producer.

Diaghilev

/ ˈdjaɡɪlif /

noun

1. Sergei Pavlovich (sɪrˈɡjej ˈpavləvitʃ). 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario. He founded (1909) and directed (1909–29) the Ballet Russe in Paris, introducing Russian ballet to the West

Example Sentences

“I am not a ballerina,” she once told Diaghilev.

From New York Times

Or is he more of an impresario — a figure like the failed artist and Ballet Russe founder Sergei Diaghilev, whose special genius was to convene other talents and to bring forth his vision through them?

From Washington Post

All eyes were on the stars of the evening, Stravinsky and Diaghilev.

From Washington Post

This engendered suspicion among some critics that they were not “pure” artists, notwithstanding the fact that Picasso had worked with dance impresario Serge Diaghilev.

From Washington Post

The Waugh brothers toiled away at the Hôtel Welcome in Villefranche, along with Igor Stravinsky, Serge Diaghilev and Jean Cocteau, who was hooked on opium.

From New York Times