Anton Arensky
The season of colorful Russian ballets and operas, works mostly new to the West, was a great success. The Paris seasons of the Ballets Russes were an artistic and social sensation; setting trends in art, dance, music and fashion for the next decade. Nijinsky's unique talent showed in Fokine's pieces such as "Le Pavillon d'Armide" (music by Nikolai Tcherepnin); "Cleopatra" (music by Anton Arensky and other Russian composers) and a divertissement "La Fête". His expressive execution of a pas de deux from "The Sleeping Beauty" (Tchaikovsky) was a tremendous success.