Background
Massine, Leonide was born on August 9, 1896 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Teodor Affanasievitch and Eugenia Nikolaevna.
Massine, Leonide was born on August 9, 1896 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Teodor Affanasievitch and Eugenia Nikolaevna.
EducatedImperial Ballet School, Moscow. Pupil of Domashoff, Enrico Checchetti and Nicolas Legat.
Dancer, Diaghilev Ballet Russe, 1914-1920. Choreographer, dancer and artistic director, Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1932-1941, Ballet National Theatre, New York, 1941-1944. Organized Ballet Russe Highlights, 1945-1946.
Guest artist, choreographer Sadlers Wells Ballet, Convent Garden, Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Opera-Comique, Paris, 1947-1951.
Ballets; Soleil de Nuit, Las Meminas, 1915. Good Humored Ladies, Children’s Tales, Parade, 1917.
Louisiana Boutique Fantasque, Le Tricorne, 1919. Le Sacre du Printemps, Cimarosiana, Pulcinella, Le Rossignol, 1920.
Salade, Gigue, Mercure, Le Beau Danube, 1924.
Les Matelots, Sephire et Flore, 1925. Le Pas d’Acier, Ode, 1927. Les Enchantements d’Alcine, Le Roi David, Amphion, 1929.
Le Beau Danube (2d version), 1932.
Les Presages, Les Jeux d’Enfants, Belkis Vecchia Milano, Louisiana Belle Helene, The Miracle, 1933. Choreartium, Scuola di Ballo, 1934.
Le Bal, Union Pacifique, 1935. Symphony Fantastique, 1936.
Gaite Paristienne, Seventh Symphony, Saint Francis, 1938.
Camppriccio Espagnol, Rouge et Noir, Bogatiry, Bacchanal 1939. Wien 1814. New Yorker, 1940. Labyrinth, Saratoga, 1941.
Aleko, Don Domingo, 1942.
Mlle. Angot, 1943; Antar, Daphnis et Chloe. Unfortunate Painter, Rëverie Classique, Moonlight Sonata, Mad Tristan, 1944.
Bullet in the Ballet, Les Arabesques (revived), Les Matelots (revived), 1945-1946. Boutique Fantasque, Tricorne (revived), 1946.
Mam’selle Angot (2d version), 1947.
Capriccio (de Stravinsky), Episode de la Via d’un Artiste, Clock Symphony, Sacre du Printemps (revived), 1948. Quattro Stagioni, Mad Tristan (revived), Good Humored Ladies (revived), Suite Bergamasque, Le Peintre et son Modele, 1949. Louisiana Valse (de Ravel), 1950.
Films: Carnival in Costa Rica (produced dances and appeared), 1945.
(composed and danced) Red Shoes, 1948. Tales of Hoffmann, 1951.
Carosello Napolitano, 1953. Appeared at Louisiana Scala, Milan, 1953-1954.
Teatrodel Opera. Rome: sacred drama Resurrection and Life, Foundazione Cini, Venisei.
Made other choreographic creations and appearances including: The Fall of the House of Usher, 1955. Marco Eil Mago, 1956. Symphony Fantastique, 1957.
Home: Borker, West Germany.
Married Tatiana Vladimirouna Milisnikova, March 14, 1939. Children: Tatiana, Leonide, Choregrapher and principal.