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"He fancied a career in music, but was a terrible composer. He wanted to be a painter, but lacked vision and aptitude. He wanted to change the face of dance, but had no dance training whatsoever. By his own admission, this poor, misguided soul had " no real gifts. ....

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.... who was a famous Russian composer, and one of ’s idols, at the time. In another failure to succeed, reluctantly joined a circle of famour writers and painters, led by the Russian painters Léon Bakst and Alexandre Benois. During this time, did succeed and indeed felt he had finnaly found his place in life. He founded AND edited a progressive art journal – "Mir Iskusstva" ( The World of Art) from 1899 – 1904. In 1899, as a project, became the artistic adviser to the Imperial Theatres in Moscow, where he produced and co-produced several operas and ballets. It was then that he decided what he really wanted to do and after ....