| agent |
Bronislava Nijinska (Russian dancer, 1891-1972); Claude Debussy (French composer,
1862-1918); Dydia Nelidova (Russian dancer, active ca. 1910-1913); Léon Bakst (Russian
scenographer, 1866-1924); Pierre Monteux (French conductor, 1875-1964); Serge Diaghilev
(Russian impresario, 1872-1929); Waslaw Nijinsky (Russian choreographer, ca. 1890-1950);
Waslaw Nijinsky (Russian dancer, ca. 1890-1950)
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| culturalContext |
French; Russian |
| date |
1912 (performance); Spring 1912-Spring 1913 (inclusive) |
| description |
Jean Cocteau helped to explain the Mallarmé poem (Nijinsky spoke little French) and
with developing a scenario for the ballet. The style of the ballet, in which a young
faun meets several nymphs, flirts with them and chases them, was deliberately archaic.
In the original scenography designed by Léon Bakst, the dancers were presented as
part of a large tableau, a staging reminiscent of an ancient Greek vase painting.
The music by Debussy already existed in a fully orchestrated form. The ballet has
roles for seven dancers, the Faun and six Nymphs. Due to its hostile reception the
ballet was only in the repertoire for a few years before being forgotten and assumed
lost.
Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed 8/18/2013) [description source] |
| inscription |
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| location |
Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [performance]
Premiere performance; 2 rue Edouard Colonne, Place du Châtelet [location note] |
| material |
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| measurements |
12 min (running time) |
| relation |
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| rights |
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Symbolist; Twentieth century |
| subject |
allegorical; mythology (Classical); Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faune; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Après-midi d’un faune
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| technique |
choreography |
| textref |
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| title |
Afternoon of a Faun [Nijinsky ballet] [descriptive, true, en]
L'après-midi d'un faune [cited, false, fr]
The Afternoon of a Faun [translated, false, en] |
| worktype |
performing arts; dance; ballet |
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