莱奥尼德·马赛因
(1896)
Léonide Massine
演员
Leonide Massine, dancer and choreographer was born in Moscow in 1895
the son of a soprano & a musician from the Bolshoi Theatre chorus. He
studied acting & dance from the age of 8 at Moscow's Imperial Theatre
School. He was 19 when he was spotted by Diaghilev and recruited as the
principal dancer in the Ballets Russes to replace the recently married
Nijinsky. Although many said that as a person he was distant and
unemotional, when on stage (or film) he showed a livliness and an
ability for the understanding and expressing of strong emotions and
tremendous humour. Massine's first original work of choreography was
the innovative Parade (1917) with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by
Erik Satie and decor by Pablo Picasso. Later on his set designers included
Matisse, Salvador Dalí and Chagall. He went on to a hugely successful career
as an international dancer and choreographer and while his private life
remained tempestuous with four marriages and many affairs, his
professional career seems to have been totally happy and satisfying for
him. he was still dancing in his mid-sixties and was choreographing
right up to his death in 1979.
