| Les Ballets 1933 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Name | Les Ballets 1933 |
| Year founded | 1933 |
| Closed | September 1933 |
| Founders | Boris Kochno and George Balanchine |
| Principal venue | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris) Savoy Theatre (London) |
| Senior staff | |
| Company manager | Edward James |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Boris Kochno |
| Resident Choreographers | George Balanchine |
Les Ballets 1933 was a ballet company started by Boris Kochno and George Balanchine, which Balanchine used to create new works that were completely his own, set to music that no one had yet choreographed. The company ran for less than four weeks in 1933 and tailored itself to small, wealthy audiences in Paris (the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées) and London (Savoy Theatre), but despite its scale, it came out with works that Balanchine later used to instruct at his School of American Ballet, and in the programs of his later companies.[1] Outside a theatre for Les Ballets, Balanchine first met Lincoln Kirstein.[2]