Ballet Russes was found by Serge Diaghilev in the 1909 at the Theatre du Châtelet Diaghilev was a Russian impresario who had already succeeded in Russian art, music and opera in Paris
However, Fokin’s first choreography was in 1907, his “graduation performance” idea was the premier of Ballet Russes, which was performed at the Mariinsky Theater Collaborating with Benois’ libretto, which he created in 1903 and Nikolai Tcherepnin’s composed music, rising interest in ballet amongst the public. Fokin was the choreographer for the Ballet Russes from 1909-1914, he was known to stage complex and fresh routines, such as Pavillon d'Armide, Daphnis et Chloe, and Le Coq d'Or. Vaslav Nijinsky, a dancer and a student of Fokin later became the choreographer of Diaghilev’s 
After the death of Diaghilev in 1929, the company was claimed and owned by Colonel Wassily de Basil and René Bum. Although the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo was kept its reputation while having Balanchine and Massine as choreographers, Basil and Blum’s constant arguments led to them ending their partnership in 1938. De Basil found another company and called it Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, while Blum renamed the company calling it the Original Ballet Russes.
The combination of new choreography, music and art for each production productions were sensational and Ballet Russes was becoming hugely popular around the world. As Ballet Russes was inflectional among people and creative art, the public’s attention started to focus on composers and artists. Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo began to tour around the United States America or to works as a choreographer for a company as new Ballet schools started emerging in America
Ballet Russes is still one of the most influential dancing today as it shows each artist’s ability and creativity individually as well as a team
Ballet Russes introduced new daring costumes to the fashion world, resulting mixed reviews from the public as some of the audience thought it was inventive and unique, while others thought it to be inappropriate. Diaghilev was known to include glamorous, eye-catching and exciting new fashionable costumes in every Ballet Russes performance. At the time of Ballet Russes, people were still getting used to the new inventions of fashion, such as Chanel’s Little Black dress and the corset which was brought back to fashion. However, Léon Bakst’s flashy and fleshy costumes didn’t change the minds of the uprising designers at the time.
As Ballet Russes always introduced new creative costumes, they set a new normality to fashion of shocking and unexpected styles. As Ballet Russes introduced comfortable and relaxing costumes, Coco Chanel related to Ballet Russes in many of her collections. Chanel once stated that she “have always attempted to give women a feeling of becoming at ease with their time.” As well as being influenced by Ballet Russes, Chanel also designed costumes for four of their productions from 1924-1929, she also helped Diaghiev stage his ballet in1919. Coco Chanel showed her appreciation for the influential work of Ballet Russes; Chanel released a perfume called ‘Cuir de Russie’, which was inspired by the scented leather of Cossack boots. Also Chanel has a lipstick known as Ballet Russe. Paul Poiret was also influenced by Ballet Russes, he believed in creating unique ideas for fashion and Ballet Russes supported his opinion upon fashion. Poiret thought of fashion as creative and glamorous, yet practical and comfortable for women. One of Ballet Russes’ productions in 1910 encouraged Poiret to let his imagination take control of his new collection. Ballet Russes continued to inspire many other designers at the time for the creativity the company brought to the fashion industry during the 1900 and until today.
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