Balanchine fled west and plunged into the avant-garde scene first in Weimar Berlin, then in Paris, where he joined Sergei Diaghilev's famous company, Ballets Russes.

巴兰钦逃往西方，先是在柏林的魏玛投身前卫艺术舞台，然后在巴黎加入了谢尔盖·佳吉列夫 (Sergei Diaghilev) 著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞团。