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    Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (Russian: Александр Николаевич Бенуа, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua; 3 May [O.S. 21 April] 1870 –...
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    Erik Satie, and Maurice Ravel, artists such as Vasily Kandinsky, Alexandre Benois, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, and costume designers Léon Bakst...
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  • birthday of the great Alexandre Benois (1870–1960) for whom it is named. French sculptor Igor Ustinov designed the statuette of the Benois de la Danse award...
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  • Nicholas Benois Alexandre Benois (1870–1960), Russian painter and stage designer, son of Nicholas Benois This page lists people with the surname Benois. If...
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    was founded in November 1898 by a group of students that included Alexandre Benois, Konstantin Somov, Dmitry Filosofov, Léon Bakst, and Eugene Lansere...
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    with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and designs and scenario by Alexandre Benois. The orchestra of the Opéra was conducted by Walther Straram. Originally...
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    original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird...
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    Baba Yaga being used as an example for the Cyrillic letter Б, in Alexandre Benois' ABC-Book...
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    Petrushka (ballet) (category Ballets designed by Alexandre Benois)
    choreography was by Michel Fokine and stage designs and costumes by Alexandre Benois, who assisted Stravinsky with the libretto. The ballet premiered at...
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    1792-1815 ISBN 0-7548-1571-4. pp. 157-187 ""Russian military parade", Alexandre Benois, 1907". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2012-09-23...
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    critic as "completely insipid" and praised as "charming" by another. Alexandre Benois described the choreography of the battle scene as confusing: "One can...
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    an atypical role for him involving humour and flirtation. Designer Alexandre Benois proposed a ballet based upon Le Pavillon d'Armide, choreographed by...
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    Peter Ustinov (category Benois family)
    Leontievna Benois, known as Nadia, was a painter and ballet designer of French, German, Italian, and Russian descent. Her father, Leon Benois, was an Imperial...
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    Giselle (category Ballets designed by Alexandre Benois)
    The ballet was revived again in 1924 with scenery and costumes by Alexandre Benois. He wanted to revive the costumes of the original production but dropped...
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    following among the young intelligentsia of Saint Petersburg, including Alexandre Benois, Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev. Two musical works from this period...
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    architect from the Benois family. He was the son of architect Nicholas Benois, the brother of artists Alexandre Benois and Albert Benois. He built the Roman...
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    that. The painting received a mixed reaction from painter and critic Alexandre Benois. He considers the artificial staging, grimacing characters, and a primary...
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    included Alexandre Benois, Walter Nouvel, Konstantin Somov, and Léon Bakst. Although not instantly received into the group, Diaghilev was aided by Benois in...
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    Promenade of Elizaveta Petrovna through the streets of Saint Petersburg (1903), watercolour by Alexandre Benois...
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    a ruined hut floating at the edge of the river. In 1903 the artist Alexandre Benois published an edition of the poem with his illustrations, creating what...
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    Saint Petersburg, Somov became close friends with Dmitry Filosofov. Alexandre Benois, also a student, later wrote that "Some kind of magic circle separated...
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    by Michel Fokine with music by Nikolai Tcherepnin to a libretto by Alexandre Benois. It was inspired by the novella Omphale by Théophile Gautier. The work...
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    Les Sylphides (category Ballets designed by Alexandre Benois)
    1909 set design by Alexandre Benois...
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    Pe, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book...
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  • rehearsals. He played the role of Ripafratta once more. The artist Alexandre Benois provided the scenic design for this production, which was conceived...
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    attracted Domenico Trezzini, Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond and Andreas Schlüter. To improve his nation's position on the...
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    (1840–1916) Alexandre Séon (1855–1917) Russian See also: Russian Symbolism and the Blue Rose group Léon Bakst (1866–1924) Alexandre Benois (1870–1960)...
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    Batignolles is now the home for the earthly remains of André Barsacq, Alexandre Benois, André Breton, Alfred Bruneau, Lucienne Bréval, Gaston Calmette, Blaise...
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    Stravinsky's ballet, with a scenario written by Michel Fokine and Alexandre Benois, the creature is half-woman, half-bird. She is captured by Prince Ivan...
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    Es, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book, with an illustration of sweetness (Slasti)...
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