Léonide Massine continued the experiments in movement initiated by Michael Fokine but integrated character and ethnic influences into his choreographies, resulting in highly dramatic ballets. Massine joined the Ballets Russes in 1914 as a dancer and was its chief choreographer between 1915 and 1920. Some of his most notable choreographic works include Contes Russes, Parade, Le Tricorne, Pulcinella, and La Boutique Fantasque. One of the Ballets Russes’s most successful productions, La Boutique Fantasque. (The Magic Toyshop), was performed more than 300 times between 1919 and 1929. (La Boutique Fantasque: music by Gioacchino Rossini, orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi; sets, costumes, and curtain by André Derain; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on June 5, 1919, Alhambra Theatre, London.)