When Diaghilev died suddenly in 1929 the Ballets Russes broke up and the dancers moved to other companies. Some of them formed the "Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo", who travelled to America and influenced dancing there.
The company worked with several very famous choreographers such as Marius Petipa, Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Leonide Massine, and the young George Balanchine. Nijinsky’s dances reflect the art movement called Expressionism. Many of his new ideas could be seen in "L'Apres-midi d'un Faune" and "The Rite of Spring".
The Ballets Russes had many famous dancers. Many of them were from the Russian Imperial Theatres and they came to dance for Ballets Russes during the summer months. Some of the great dancers include Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spessivtzeva, Mathilde Kschessinska, Ida Rubinstein, Bronislava Nijinska, Lydia Lopokova and Alicia Markova.
The company was particularly influential because they treated male dancers as important. Up until this time the female dancers had much more attention than the male dancers. Among the male dancers were Michel Fokine, Serge Lifar, Léonide Massine, George Balanchine, Adolphe Bolm, and, especially, Vaslav Nijinsky who became the greatest dancer of his time.
The most famous music composed for Ballets Russes was that by the composer Igor Stravinsky. His ballets include "The Firebird", "Petrouchka", "The Rite of Spring", "Les Noces" and "Apollon musagète". The first time that "The Rite of Spring" was performed many in the audience hated it and booed and started to fight. Others thought it was brilliant. Stravinsky's music was original and shocking, and Nijinsky's choreography went beyond classical ballet technique. The audience found it difficult to understand the music and dance. They were used to the romantic music and classical ballet of the nineteenth century.
Diaghilev also used music which had already been composed. This included music by Debussy, Ravel, Darius Milhaud, Prokofiev and other famous composers of the time.
The artists and designers who worked for the ballet included some of the 20th century's most famous names. Picasso, Bakst, Braque, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Miró, Dali, and Utrillo were some of the best-known.
Impresario
An Impresario is somebody who organizes concerts, operas, ballets or plays. The word comes from the Italian word "impresa," which means "an enterprise" or "undertaking".
Some very famous impresarios from the past include Rudolf Bing, Sergei Diaghilev, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Fortune Gallo, and Sol Hurok.
Evangelical
Evangelical can refer to different Christian denominations:
In addition, the Evangelicals are a rock band
Rest mass
Rest mass (physics), the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest, but it is relative to an observer who is moving or not, an inherent property of the body. All matter, such as any object, has some rest mass. Energy, such as light or kinetic energy (the energy of a moving object) has no rest mass because it causes no change in spacetime in a frozen time frame. However, energy affects mass while time passes; therefore, it affects spacetime, so it has mass.
Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (also known as Serge), (Russia, 31 March 1872 – 19 August 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron and ballet impresario. He formed a ballet company called "Les Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev". Many think it was the greatest ballet company of all time.
For twenty years, between 1909 and 1929, they were the most famous ballet company in the world. Many of their ideas influenced art and music as well as dance. Diaghilev got some of the world's greatest painters to design sets for his productions, and some great composers, including Igor Stravinsky, to compose music for the ballets.
His dancers included the legendary Nijinsky and the Imperial prima ballerina Karsavina; also Pavlova, Danilova and Spessivtseva. His choreographers included Fokine, Nijinska, Massine and Balanchine; his composers included Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Ravel and Debussy; his set designers included Picasso, Cezanne, Matisse, Utrillo, Bakst and Braque; Cocteau worked as an artist and wrote scenarios. The ballets created and the performances changed the course of ballet history.
Diaghilev's gift lay in spotting talent, and bringing great artists to work together. He also persuaded patrons to support the "Ballets Russes". The production costs were enormous, and were not always covered by the ticket prices. The repertoire (list) of new ballets and new music grew, and the productions were not always successful. Diaghilev's company folded soon after his death, though many of the group worked together in new companies.
Diaghilev was homosexual. He died of diabetes.
Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is in the Greater Boston area, north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 12,595 at the 2000 census.
Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol (January 22, 1920 – September 18, 2009) was an American columnist, journalist, and writer. He was born in New York City. Kristol was called the "godfather of neoconservatism."
He contributed to many magazines and founded some. He was very important for the intellectual and political culture of the last fifty years.
His wife was historian Gertrude Himmelfarb. They had two children; including Chief of Staff to Vice President Bill Kristol.
In July 2002, he received from President George W. Bush the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Kristol died on September 18, 2009 under hospice care in Falls Church, Virginia of lung cancer-related problems at the age of 89.
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis event played on outdoor hard courts, held between August 31 and September 14, 2009, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, New York, United States.
The event was originally scheduled to be a 14-day event, but due to rain at the men's singles final it was extended by one day.
Juan Martín del Potro beat Roger Federer, 3–6, 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki, 7–5, 6–3
Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes beat Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Serena Williams / Venus Williams beat Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–2, 6–2
Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott beat Cara Black / Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–4.
Bernard Tomic beat Chase Buchanan, 6–1, 6–3.
Heather Watson beat Yana Buchina, 6–4, 6–1.
Marton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng beat Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 7–6(5), 5–7, [10–1]
Valeria Solovieva / Maryna Zanevska beat Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, 1–6, 6–3 [10–7]
Shingo Kunieda beat Maikel Scheffers, 6–0, 6–0
Esther Vergeer beat Korie Homan, 6–0, 6–0
Stephane Houdet / Stefan Olsson beat Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer beat Daniela DiToro / Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2
Peter Norfolk beat David Wagner, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Nick Taylor / David Wagner beat Johan Andersson / Peter Norfolk, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering the main draw.
The following players received a lucky loser spot in the Men's Draw:
Papyrus 46
Papyrus 46 (also referred to as simply formula_1) is one of the oldest New Testament manuscripts known to exist. It was probably created between the year 175 and 225. Some leaves are part of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri Collection, and others are in the Papyri Collection of the University of Michigan. According to the website Bible Research, it contains (in order) "the last eight chapters of Romans; all of Hebrews; virtually all of 1st Corinthians and 2nd Corinthians; all of Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians; and two chapters of Thessalonians. All of the leaves have lost some lines at the bottom through deterioration."
Santiago de los Caballeros