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Boris Kochno: Quick Facts

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Born January 3, 1904 • Moscow • Russia
Died December 8, 1990 (aged 86) • Paris • France
Founder Les Ballets 1933
Benois, Alexandre: illustration of a set design
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist
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Felia Doubrovska
Russian ballerina
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
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Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
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Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer
Alexandra Danilova in Swan Lake.
Alexandra Danilova
Russian ballerina
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
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Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
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Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
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Marjorie Tallchief
American dancer
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Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor
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Lawrence Rhodes
American ballet director