Abstract
The lifetime of the Ballets Suédois was short but sweet. Between October 1920 and March 1925, the Paris-based Swedish dance company produced several important new ballets, including L'homme et son désir (1921) and La création du monde (1923), both with music by Darius Milhaud and choreography by its lead dancer, Jean Börlin. Most infamously, the company's final ballet was Rélâche (1924), with music commissioned from Erik Satie and choreography again by Börlin. The company's founder was the Swedish nobleman and impresario Rolf de Maré, who had both a passion for the arts and a flair for entrepreneurship. With de Maré at the helm, the Swedish company realized fruitful collaborations with many important cultural figures of the 1920s, including Jean Cocteau, Luigi Pirandello, Pierre Bonnard, Giorgio de Chirico, Tsuguharu-Léonard Foujita, René Clair, Paul Claudel, Michel Fokine, Marie Laurencin, and members of Les Six. Despite the brevity of its existence, the company...
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