Born in Moscow, Kochno moved to Paris following the 1917 revolution. In 1921, he was hired as the personal secretary to Serge Diaghilev, the impresario of the famed Ballets Russes. He served in this capacity until Diaghilev's death in 1929. In addition to his other duties, he also wrote several ballet libretti for the troupe, including:
* "Mavra" (1921-22, music by Igor Stravinsky)
* "Les Fâcheux" (a 1924 adaptation of Molière's play, music by Georges Auric)
* "Les Matelots" (1925, music by Auric)
* "La Chatte" (1927, music by Henri Sauguet)
* "Ode" (1928, music by Nicolas Nabokov)
* "Le Bal" (1929, music by Vittorio Rieti)
* "L'Enfant prodigue" (1929, music by Sergei Prokofiev)
Following Diaghilev's death and the end of the Ballets Russes's glory days, he worked with several ballet companies in Paris and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. In 1951, he retired and turned toward writing books on ballet history, including:
* "Le Ballet: Le Ballet en France du quinzième siècle à nos jours" (Paris: Hachette, 1954; co-written with Maria Luz and Pablo Picasso)
* "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes" (London: Allen Lane, 1970)
* "Christian Bérard" (Paris: Herscher, 1987; with contributions by Jean Clair and Edmonde Charles-Roux)
* "Mavra" (1921-22, music by Igor Stravinsky)
* "Les Fâcheux" (a 1924 adaptation of Molière's play, music by Georges Auric)
* "Les Matelots" (1925, music by Auric)
* "La Chatte" (1927, music by Henri Sauguet)
* "Ode" (1928, music by Nicolas Nabokov)
* "Le Bal" (1929, music by Vittorio Rieti)
* "L'Enfant prodigue" (1929, music by Sergei Prokofiev)
Following Diaghilev's death and the end of the Ballets Russes's glory days, he worked with several ballet companies in Paris and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. In 1951, he retired and turned toward writing books on ballet history, including:
* "Le Ballet: Le Ballet en France du quinzième siècle à nos jours" (Paris: Hachette, 1954; co-written with Maria Luz and Pablo Picasso)
* "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes" (London: Allen Lane, 1970)
* "Christian Bérard" (Paris: Herscher, 1987; with contributions by Jean Clair and Edmonde Charles-Roux)
Born in Moscow, Kochno moved to Paris following the 1917 revolution. In 1921, he was hired as the personal secretary to Serge Diaghilev, the impresario of the famed Ballets Russes. He served in this capacity until Diaghilev's death in 1929. In addition to his other duties, he also wrote several ballet libretti for the troupe, including:
* "Mavra" (1921-22, music by Igor Stravinsky)
* "Les Fâcheux" (a 1924 adaptation of Molière's play, music by Georges Auric)
* "Les Matelots" (1925, music by Auric)
* "La Chatte" (1927, music by Henri Sauguet)
* "Ode" (1928, music by Nicolas Nabokov)
* "Le Bal" (1929, music by Vittorio Rieti)
* "L'Enfant prodigue" (1929, music by Sergei Prokofiev)
Following Diaghilev's death and the end of the Ballets Russes's glory days, he worked with several ballet companies in Paris and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. In 1951, he retired and turned toward writing books on ballet history, including:
* "Le Ballet: Le Ballet en France du quinzième siècle à nos jours" (Paris: Hachette, 1954; co-written with Maria Luz and Pablo Picasso)
* "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes" (London: Allen Lane, 1970)
* "Christian Bérard" (Paris: Herscher, 1987; with contributions by Jean Clair and Edmonde Charles-Roux)
* "Mavra" (1921-22, music by Igor Stravinsky)
* "Les Fâcheux" (a 1924 adaptation of Molière's play, music by Georges Auric)
* "Les Matelots" (1925, music by Auric)
* "La Chatte" (1927, music by Henri Sauguet)
* "Ode" (1928, music by Nicolas Nabokov)
* "Le Bal" (1929, music by Vittorio Rieti)
* "L'Enfant prodigue" (1929, music by Sergei Prokofiev)
Following Diaghilev's death and the end of the Ballets Russes's glory days, he worked with several ballet companies in Paris and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. In 1951, he retired and turned toward writing books on ballet history, including:
* "Le Ballet: Le Ballet en France du quinzième siècle à nos jours" (Paris: Hachette, 1954; co-written with Maria Luz and Pablo Picasso)
* "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes" (London: Allen Lane, 1970)
* "Christian Bérard" (Paris: Herscher, 1987; with contributions by Jean Clair and Edmonde Charles-Roux)
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