Australia Dancing - Grigoriev, Serge (1883

Grigoriev, Serge (1883 - 1968)

Borovansky, Edouard: Portrait of Serge Grigoriev, Ballets Russes, c. 1938

Born in Tikhvin, Russia, Serge Grigoriev was trained at the Imperial Theatre School in St Petersburg, from where he graduated in 1900. He was appointed regisseur for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1909 and remained in that position until the company disbanded on Diaghilev's death in 1929. With the Diaghilev company he also created the roles of Shah Shariar in Scheherazade, Guidone in Le Coq d'or and the Russian Merchant in La Boutique fantasque.

After Diaghilev's death Grigoriev worked with Colonel de Basil and his various companies from 1929 to 1951. For de Basil he drew on his earlier experiences to stage ballets from the Diaghilev repertoire. He came to Australia as regisseur-general on the Covent Garden Russian Ballet tour of 1938 to 1939 and the Original Ballet Russe tour of 1939 to 1940. He was accompanied on the Original Ballet Russe tour by his wife, the ballerina Lubov Tchernicheva. Later, with Tchernicheva he was responsible for mounting revivals in the 1950s and 1960s of ballets by Fokine and overseeing rehearsals of works by Massine. Grigoriev's memoirs were published as The Diaghilev Ballet 1909-1929 and were translated into English in 1953.

Bibliography:

Note: also known as Serge Grigoriev

Research Materials

Oral history | Picture | All

Photographer unknown: Covent Garden Russian Ballet Company, New Zealand tour, 1939

Photographer unknown: Covent Garden Russian Ballet Company, New Zealand tour, 1939 (Picture): "The Covent Garden Russian Ballet Company arrived in Auckland by boat from Australia on 1 February. After performing in Auckland and Palmerston North they travelled to Wellington by train and opened there on 18 February. A cropped version of the photograph first appeared in the newspaper 'The Dominion' (Wellington) on 24 February, 1939. Photograph includes 74 people including dancers, members of the tour's management and backstage team, and musicians from the orchestra. It does not include the entire company as several male dancers who were in the company are not included"--Information from acquisitions documentation.Back row L to R: Borislav Runanine, Lorand Andahazay, Alberto Alonso, unknown, Medric Fraillon (musician), unknown, Jack Wittmer (musician), four males unknown, Serge Bousloff, Vsevolod Grigoriev (management), Serge Ismailoff, unknown, Marian Ladre, Georges Georghieff (production staff), Oleg Tupine, Boris Belsky, Valentin Zeglovsky, unknown, Edouard Sobiechevsky, Narcisse Matouchak, Madame Tchinerova (wardrobe), Algeranoff, Valery Shaievsky, Irina Kosmovska, Helene Wolksa, Haydn Beck (musician), Gabriel Joffe. Middle row L to R: Olga Larosse (wardrobe), Dimitri Rostov, Kira Strakhova, Vera Nelidova, Lubov Tchernicheva, Yura Lazofsky, Ana Roje, Edouard Borovansky, Dot Mendoza (musician), Serge Grigoriev (Regisseur general), Galina Razoumova, Anton Dolin, Tamara Grigorieva, Victor Dandre (management), Tatiana Riabouchinska, Michel Fokine (choreographer), Irina Baronova, German Sevastianov (management), Anna Volkova, Antal Dorati (conductor), Tamara Tchinarova, Raissa Kouznetsova, Kira Abricossova, Irina Vassilieva, Irina Bondireva, Wanda Grossen, Lisa Serova, Lara Obidenna. Front row L to R: Bill Honey (musician), Sono Osato, Natasha Sobinova, Alexandra Denisova, Lina Lerina, Ludmilla Lvova, Maria Sanina, Lelia Roussova, Arthur Leeman (musician).; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Bousloff, Serge ; Algeranoff ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Dolin, Anton ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Fokine, Michel ; Baronova, Irina ; Volkova, Anna ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Kouznetsova, Raisse ; Bousloff, Kira Abricossova ; Osato, Sono; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/12621 LOC Cold Store PIC COV A *
nla.pic-vn4560418

Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Serge Grigorieff [1], 1930s

Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Serge Grigorieff [1], 1930s (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/136, Album 810/6
nla.pic-vn3416764

Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Serge Grigorieff [2]

Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Serge Grigorieff [2] (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/136, Album 810/6
nla.pic-vn3416815

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: Portrait of Serge Grigoriev, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, August 1940, 1940

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: Portrait of Serge Grigoriev, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, August 1940, 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; The Original Ballet Russe, members and performances, Sydney, 1940 [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/12309/1/frame 36 LOC Cold Store PIC REP
nla.pic-vn4468355

Portraits of members of the Ballets Russes, 1950 (Picture): This collection of paintings and drawings by Edouard Borovansky contains images of several members of the Ballets Russes including Colonel de Basil, Serge Grigorieff, Irina Baronova, David Lichine, Mi Ladre and Paul Petroff.; Baronova, Irina ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Lichine, David ; Petroff, Paul ; de Basil, Wassily; Location:; National Library of Australia; R10481-R10531; R10884; R10988-R10989

Dickson, Enid: Serge Grigorieff as the King in 'Scheherazade', Original Ballet Russe, 1939/1940

Dickson, Enid: Serge Grigorieff as the King in 'Scheherazade', Original Ballet Russe, 1939/1940 (Picture): 1 drawing on velvet paper : pastel, pen and charcoal, col. ; 45.1 x 28.7 cm.; Scheherazade ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Collection of sketches of ballet dancers [picture] [ca. 1920-1960]; National Library of Australia; PIC/9921/3 LOC Drawer 10481-10490 *
nla.pic-vn3661883

Borovansky, Edouard: Sketch of Serge Grigoriev, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, c. 1935

Borovansky, Edouard: Sketch of Serge Grigoriev, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, c. 1935 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC R10989
nla.pic-an7723695

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: V. Grigoriev, Tamara Grigorieva, Vera Nemtchinova, Lubov Tchernicheva, Marina Svetlova, Serge Grigoriev, Anatole Oboukoff, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, 1940

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: V. Grigoriev, Tamara Grigorieva, Vera Nemtchinova, Lubov Tchernicheva, Marina Svetlova, Serge Grigoriev, Anatole Oboukoff, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; The Original Ballet Russe, members and performances, Sydney, 1940 [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/12309/2/frame 14A-15 LOC Cold Store PIC REP
nla.pic-vn4468701

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: Vera Nemtchinova, V. Grigoriev, Lubov Tchernicheva, Serge Grigoriev and Michel Panaieff, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, 1940

Repin, Ivan Dmitrievich: Vera Nemtchinova, V. Grigoriev, Lubov Tchernicheva, Serge Grigoriev and Michel Panaieff, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; The Original Ballet Russe, members and performances, Sydney, 1940 [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/12309/3/frame 4 LOC Cold Store PIC REP
nla.pic-vn4468780

Research Materials Top

Other resources

Find more about Grigoriev, Serge in:

Internet - Google
Articles - New York Public Library Dance Collection
Pictures - Picture Australia