Nicholas Sergeyev fled Russia in 1919 and spent the rest of his life in the West, producing ballets for many of the leading western companies of the time.
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16 Facts About Nicholas Sergeyev
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Nicholas Sergeyev is remembered for preserving what is called the Sergeyev Collection for future generations.
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Nicholas Sergeyev was accepted for training by the Imperial Ballet School and he graduated and joined the company in 1894.
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Nicholas Sergeyev was promoted to soloist and regisseur in 1904 and regisseur-general in 1914.
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Nicholas Sergeyev was thus the last ever regisseur-general of the Imperial Ballet.
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Nicholas Sergeyev was not the only one the Royal Navy helped to escape.
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Nicholas Sergeyev used these records in his subsequent employment by many of the leading Western ballet companies of the time, and after his death they finished up housed at the Harvard University Library Theatre Collection.
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Nicholas Sergeyev had of course known Diaghilev in St Petersburg when they both worked for the Imperial Ballet.
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Nicholas Sergeyev founded his own company and produced Act IV of La Bayadere, La Fille mal Gardee, and Paquita, all from his Maryinsky notations.
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Nicholas Sergeyev went on a world tour producing excerpts from classical ballets and operatic interludes.
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Nicholas Sergeyev was ballet master for the Vic-Wells from 1937 to 1942, when Vera Volkova took over.
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Nicholas Sergeyev never had a formal contract but it was an arrangement that suited both sides admirably and he stayed with International Ballet for the rest of his life.
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Nicholas Sergeyev had a new company of young dancers to train and rehearse in the traditions of the Maryinsky and a young director who believed in his methods.
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Nicholas Sergeyev worked with International Ballet until his health started to fail, and he died in Nice on 23 June 1951 aged 74.
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