Hiving off the success of Sergei Diaghilev, by 1923 Wassily was doing well enough to hire Olga Smimova and Nikolay Tripolitov as his principal dancers on small tours in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Around 1925, de Basil partnered with Alexey Tsereteli (also Zereteli) and Ignaty Zon to form the artists agency called Zerbason.

In addition, Massine sued de Basil in London to regain the intellectual property rights to his own works.

[8] De Basil brought the Original Ballet Russe on a tour of Australia in 1939–1940,[6] travelling there aboard the P&O ocean liner RMS Maloja in September 1938.

During his visit to Australia, de Basil commissioned work from Australians, especially from designers, who included Sidney Nolan and Kathleen and Florence Martin.

His acquisition of Sergei Diaghilev's costumes and sets in 1934 when Massine could not come up with the money, helped De Basil's company assume the mantle of leadership in the modern ballet world.