Léonide Massine
Ballet dancer (1896-1979) · United States · On the map · Died at 82
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, better known in the West by the French transliteration as Léonide Massine, was a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer. Massine created the world's first symphonic ballet, Les Présages, and many others in the same vein.
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Michael Powell Directed The Red Shoes and Honeymoon- Emeric Pressburger Produced The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann
Ludmilla Tchérina Also in The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann
Carlo Ponti Produced Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
Jean Negulesco Directed The Gay Parisian (1941)
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Robert Helpmann Also in The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann
Ettore Giannini Directed Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
Antonio Ruiz Soler Also in Neapolitan Carousel and Honeymoon- Gordon Hollingshead Produced The Gay Parisian (1941)
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Besides his "symphonic ballets," Massine choreographed many other popular works during his long career, some of which were serious and dramatic, and others lighthearted and romantic. He created some of his most famous roles in his own comic works, among them the Can-Can Dancer in La Boutique fantasque (1919), the Hussar in Le Beau Danube (1924), and, perhaps best known of all, the Peruvian in Gaîté Parisienne (1938). Today his oeuvre is represented by his son Lorca Massine, who stages his works around the world.
