Sergei Diaghilev's Example: The Case of George Balanchine.

In 1925 George Balanchine joined the Ballets Russes, the ballet company directed by Sergei Diaghilev, when he was just twenty years old. Many of the elements of his mature art can be traced to his time with the mesmerizing Diaghilev, who controlled virtually every aspect of his troupe's activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]