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4 unusual facts about Boris Kochno


Boris Kochno

Kochno was close with Karol Szymanowski, who gave him as a gift a Russian translation of the chapter The Symposium from Efebos, the composer's unpublished novel.

His later career included a position as Monte Carlo ballet director, where he became an influential figure in post World War II French ballet.

Kochno wrote the libretto of Stravinsky's Mavra (1921), the Fâcheux (1924), La Chatte (1927) and of the ballet The Prodigal Son (1929).

Les ballet 1933

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.



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