Ballets Russes

the paris ballets

The ballets staged by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in their seasons in Paris.

1909

Les Sylphides. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Chopin
Le Pavillon d'Armide. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Tcherepnine
Le Festin, suite de danses. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Various Russian composers
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Borodin
Cléopâtre. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Arensky and various Russian composers

1910

Les Orientales. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Various Russian composers
Carnaval. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Schumann
Shéhérazade. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Rimsky-Korsakov
L'Oiseau de Feu. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Stravinsky

1911

Pétrouchka. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Stravinsky
Le Spectre de la Rose. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Weber
Narcisse. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Tcherepnine
Sadko. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Rimsky-Korsakov

1912

Le Dieu Bleu. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Hahn
L'après-midi d'un faune. Choreography: Nijinsky. Music: Debussy
Daphnis et Chloé. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Ravel
Thamar. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Balakirev

1913

Jeux. Choreography: Nijinsky. Music: Debussy
Le Sacre du Printemps. Choreography: Nijinsky. Music: Stravinsky

1914

La légende de Joseph. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Richard Strauss
Le Coq d'Or. Choreography: Fokine. Music: Rimsky-Korsakov

1915

Soleil de Nuit. Choreography: Massine. Music: Rimsky-Korsakov

1917

Parade. Choreography: Massine. Music: Satie (see Les Six)
Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur. Choreography: Massine. Music: Scarlatti
Contes Russes. Choreography: Massine. Music: Liadov

1919

La Boutique fantasque. Choreography: Massine. Music: Rossini-Respighi

1920

Le Tricorne. Choreography: Massine. Music: de Falla
Pulcinella. Choreography: Massine. Music: Stravinsky
Astuzie femminili. Choreography: Massine. Music: Cimarosa
Le Chant du Rossignol. Choreography: Massine. Music: Stravinsky

1923

Les Noces. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Stravinsky
Les Tentations de la bergère. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Montéclair

1924

Les Biches. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Poulenc (see Les Six)
Le Train bleu. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Milhaud (see Les Six)
Les Fâcheux. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Auric (see Les Six)

1925

Zéphyr et Flore. Choreography: Massine. Music: Dukelsky
Les Matelots. Choreography: Massine. Music: Auric (see Les Six)

1926

Jack in the Box. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Satie (see Les Six)
Pastorale. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Auric (see Les Six)
Barabau. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Rieti
Romeo et Juliette. Choreography: Nijinska. Music: Lambert

1927

La Chatte. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Sauguet
Le Triomphe de Neptune. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Berners
Pas d'Acier. Choreography: Massine. Music: Prokofiev

1928

Ode. Choreography: Massine. Music: Nabokov
Apollon musagète (Apollo). Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Stravinsky

1929

Le Fils Prodigue. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Prokofiev
Le Bal. Choreography: Balanchine. Music: Rieti

Main picture: Etching of Nijinsky in Shéhérazade