[1] The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo featured such dancers as Ruthanna Boris, Frederic Franklin, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief, Nicholas Magallanes,[2] Lois Bewley,[3] Tamara Toumanova, George Zoritch, Alicia Alonso, Elissa Minet, Yvonne Joyce Craig, Nina Novak, Raven Wilkinson, Meredith Baylis, Cyd Charisse, Marc Platt, Nathalie Krassovska, Irina Baronova, Leon Danielian, Anna Istomina, and Anna Adrianova.The company's resident choreographer was Massine; it also featured the choreography of Michel Fokine, Bronislava Nijinska, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Ruth Page and Valerie Bettis.Their costumes in the first season were made by Karinska,[4] and were designed by Christian Bérard, André Derain, and Joan Miró.[4] The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo toured chiefly in the United States and Canada after World War II began.De Basil was the artistic director of his Ballet Russes, and Massine desired that position, so he broke off to start his own company.Massine sued Col. de Basil in London to regain the intellectual property rights to his own works.