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<H1> Leonide Massine (1895-1979)</H1>
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<i><p><strong>Leonide Massine</strong> (1895-1979) was trained at 
the Imperial School in
Moscow and choreographed for Diaghilev's company from 1915 to 1928.</p>

<p>Like <a href="Fokin.html">Fokine</a>, he later emigrated to the United States and choreographed
for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre. </p>
<p>Among
the more interesting of Massine's experiments were ballets to symphonic
music, most notably <strong>Choreartium</strong>, done to Brahms's Fourth Symphony.
Opinions differ as to whether the result was a success, but his use of
Brahms instead of (say)  Minkus is one indication of the way ballet has
changed in this century.</p></i>

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Among his ballets for the <a href="dance1.html"> Ballets Russes </a>.<dt>
<ul>
  <li><a href="Soleil.html"><b>Soleil de Nuit</b></a> (1915)
  <li><a href="Parade.html"><strong>Parade</strong></a> (1917)
  <li><strong>Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur</strong> (1917)
  <li><strong>Contes Russes</strong> (1917)
  <li><a href="Boutique.html"><strong>La Boutique fantasque</strong></A> (1919)
  <li><a href="Trico.html"><strong>Le Tricorne</strong></a> (1919)
  <li><strong>Pulcinella</strong> (1919)
  <li><strong>Le Chant du Rossignol</strong> (1920)
  <li><strong>Astuzie Femminili</strong> (1920)
  <li><strong>Zéphyre et Flore</strong> (1925)
  <li><a href="Matelots.html"><strong>Les Matelots</strong></a> (1925)
  <li><a href="Pasd.html"><strong>Pas d'acier</strong></a> (1927)
  <li><strong>Ode</strong> (1928)
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For the "Soir&eacute;ees de Paris" in 1924:
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<li><b>Salade</b> (Darius Milhaud)
<li><b>Mercure</b> (Erik Satie)
<li><b>Les Roses</b> (Henri Sauguet)
<li><b>Le Beau Danube</b> (J. Strauss)
<li><b>Gigue</b>
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And for the <strong>Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo</strong>:
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 <li><a href="Jeuxd.html"><strong>Jeux d'Enfants</strong></a> (1932)
 <li><a href="Presages.html"><strong>Les Présages</strong></a> (1933)
 <li><a href="Beach.html"><strong>Beach</strong></a> (1933)
 <li><a href="Union.html"><strong>Union Pacific</strong></a> (1933)
 <li><a href="Symph.html"><strong>La Symphonie fantastique</strong></a> (1936)
 <li><a href="Seventh.html"><strong>Seventh Symphony</a> [Septième 
Symphonie]</strong> (1938) 
 <li><a href="Etrange.html"><strong>L'Etrange farandole</strong></a>
(1939)
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