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Born in Moscow in 1895, Léonide Massine received his ballet training at the renowned Imperial Theatre School. While he performed in character roles in ballets at the Bolshoi Theatre, he simultaneously was developing a passion for acting and appeared in plays at the Maly Theatre.

He considered a career as an actor but in 1913 Serge Diaghilev saw him dance. As Diaghilev was seeking to replace Nijinsky, he invited Massine to join the Ballets Russes.

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After performing the role of Joseph in Fokine's "Legend of Joseph" in Paris in 1914 and choreographing his first work ["Soleil de Nuit"] a year later, he became a principal dancer and choreographer of the Ballets Russes.

In 1917, in collaboration with Erik Satie, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, he created "Parade" a seminal work imbued with Cubist and Futurist ideas that would establish his prominence as a modern choreographer [and that of Picasso as an avant - garde set designer].

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