Diaghilev

American  

[dee-ah-guh-lef, dyah-gyi-lyif] / diˈɑ gəˌlɛf, ˈdjɑ gjɪ ljɪf /

noun

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

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Diaghilev British  

/ 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

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Diaghilev

This collection’s pink and white aquarelle palette evoked the vibrant style of the Ballets Russes as envisioned by Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

One such enterprise, as Julie Kavanagh recounts in her 2007 life of Nureyev, was to be written by Edward Albee and directed by Tony Richardson, with Paul Scofield as Serge Diaghilev.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 26, 2019

Like Diaghilev, whose productions he saw in the 1920s and wrote about brilliantly, he had his finger in so many pies other than dance.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019

There’s a postcard from Pablo Picasso scribbled so hastily that it’s hard to imagine it ever reached his Russian friend, Sergei Diaghilev.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2019

Sergei Diaghilev, art, dance and music lover, saw in this upsurge of Russian cultural pride an opportunity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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