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Alexandre Benois: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benois
Born May 4, 1870 • St. Petersburg
Died February 9, 1960 (aged 89) • Paris • France
Founder “Mir iskusstva”

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Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
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Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
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Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
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Boris Kochno
French writer
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
Alexandra Danilova
Russian ballerina
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Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballerina
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Leonid Lavrovsky
Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Swan Lake
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer
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Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor
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Werner Egk
German composer
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Bronislava Nijinska
American dancer, choreographer, and teacher
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Dmitry Shostakovich sits at a desk by a window, looking at sheet music, wearing glasses and a suit, with papers and books arranged on the desk.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer