Les Ballet Russes is widely considered the most significant ballet company of the 20th century. Serge Diaghilev organized this company of dancers from the Imperial Russian Ballet and brought them to Paris in 1909. They were so well received that these dancers formed what was later known as Les Ballet Russes. Serge Diaghilev's achievements can be described by this quote, an excerpt from his obituary “In 1909 he first produced… the Russian ballet, and in this medium he found the precise expression of his genius. In fact, he completely changed ballet and, by perfectly coordinating the different arts that compose it, he created a new art." (Barran 2009) Michel Fokin was the choreographer of many performances of Les Ballet Russes and is defined as the father of modern ballet ; introduced principles that challenged the aesthetics of classical ballet. 1929 was the last season for Les Ballets Russes; they performed in London and Paris. After Diaghilev's death, the company disbanded and was later reestablished Colonel Wassily de Basil and René Blum. They later split into two companies due to artistic differences: "The Original Ballet Russe" which toured Europe and "Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo" which toured the United States Les Ballet Russes revolutionized modern ballet; choreography, movement vocabulary, music and design in other places in the world were going through their own revolution. Not only were there many periods of war during the life of the Ballets Russes and their companies daughters (World War I, World War II, Russian Revolution, Great Depression), many technological advances also occurred at the time. The invention of the zipper, the creation of the army tank in 1910, the first television in 1925, the...... medium of paper......the same themes are present in the Ballet that one might find in North America or European life, but things like aesthetic values ​​can also be reflected. “Shown in the long line of lifted and extended bodies, in the total revelation of legs, of small heads and tiny feet for women, in slender bodies for both sexes [...] To us this is tremendously aesthetically pleasing.” (Kealiinohomoku 1970) So pleasing that after World War II the schools that opened in Canada and the United States had no shortage of students, and these students certainly had no shortage of talent. Indeed, by late 1958 funding was available to open the first full-time academic and ballet school in Canada, so that students would not have to choose between their dance careers and their education. It is very easy to see the ripple effect created by an influential dance company.