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24 May 2009

Diaghilev’s five great choreographers

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To create the dances for this glamorous posse, Diaghilev engaged five choreographers over the course of twenty years. This quintet now occupies a permanent spot in choreography heaven as classical ballet’s A-team: Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Leonide Massine, Bronslava Nijinska, and George Balanchine [...]