Get to know Diaghilev better with 10+ real example sentences and synonyms like showman or promoter.
Diaghilev in a sentence
Synonyms of Diaghilev
Using Diaghilev
- Useful related words include: sergei diaghilev, sergei pavlovich diaghilev, showman, promoter.
- In the example corpus, diaghilev often appears in combinations such as: sergei diaghilev, diaghilev was, serge diaghilev.
Context around Diaghilev
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diaghilev
- In this selection, "diaghilev" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sergei, serge, opinion, sergypops, commissioned and dismissed stand out and add context to how "diaghilev" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include choreographed for diaghilev s ballets and diaghilev commissioned prokofiev. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diaghilev" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diaghilev
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Diaghilev insisted on calling the ballet The Sleeping Princess. (9 words)
Diaghilev was known as a hard, demanding, even frightening taskmaster. (10 words)
Diaghilev was a pioneer in adapting these new musical styles to modern ballet. (13 words)
Alicia Markova was very young when she joined the Ballet Russes and would later say that she had called Diaghilev "Sergypops" and he had said he would take care of her like a daughter. (34 words)
After several increasingly antagonistic differences of opinion, Diaghilev in his demonstrative manner refused to go on editing the Annual of the Imperial Theatres and was discharged by Volkonsky in 1901 Prince Serge Volkonsky. (33 words)
Sergei Diaghilev was born to a wealthy and cultured family in Selishchi ( Novgorod Governorate ), Russia ; his father, Pavel Pavlovich, was a cavalry colonel, but the family's money came mainly from vodka distilleries. (33 words)
Example sentences (17)
Early life and career Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev by Valentin Serov (1904) Portrait of Serge Diaghilev with His Nanny, by Léon Bakst (1906).
It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes Company.
Respighi arranged his Rossini compilation for “La Boutique Fantasque,” which Leonide Massine choreographed for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, with designs by André Derain.
The second half of the program was given over to Stravinsky’s which premiered in 1910 at the Opéra in Paris with Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.
After several increasingly antagonistic differences of opinion, Diaghilev in his demonstrative manner refused to go on editing the Annual of the Imperial Theatres and was discharged by Volkonsky in 1901 Prince Serge Volkonsky.
Alicia Markova was very young when she joined the Ballet Russes and would later say that she had called Diaghilev "Sergypops" and he had said he would take care of her like a daughter.
Apollo represented a return to form in response to Sergei Diaghilev 's abstract ballets.
At the same time, some of Diaghilev's researchers hinted at his homosexuality as the main cause for this conflict.
Diaghilev commissioned Prokofiev's first ballet, Ala and Lolli; but when Prokofiev brought the work in progress to him in Italy in 1915 he rejected it as "non-Russian".
Diaghilev dismissed Nijinsky summarily from the Ballets Russes after the dancer's marriage in 1913.
Diaghilev insisted on calling the ballet The Sleeping Princess.
Diaghilev was a pioneer in adapting these new musical styles to modern ballet.
Diaghilev was known as a hard, demanding, even frightening taskmaster.
Nichols (1987), p. 118 Ravel heard Diaghilev's verdict without protest or argument, left, and had no further dealings with him.
Quoted in Orenstein (2003), p. 32 It was rejected by Diaghilev, who said, "It's a masterpiece, but it's not a ballet.
Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev persuaded Cocteau to write a scenario for a ballet, which resulted in Parade in 1917.
Sergei Diaghilev was born to a wealthy and cultured family in Selishchi ( Novgorod Governorate ), Russia ; his father, Pavel Pavlovich, was a cavalry colonel, but the family's money came mainly from vodka distilleries.
Common combinations with diaghilev
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: