VRA Core 4 Example 44: Ballet (1912 production)
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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.</display> <description source="Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed 8/18/2013)">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.</description> </descriptionSet> <locationSet> <display>Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, Île-de-France, France)</display> <notes>Premiere performance; 2 rue Edouard Colonne, Place du Châtelet</notes> <location type="performance"> <name type="geographic" vocab="other" refid="" extent="building">Théâtre du Châtelet</name> <name type="geographic" vocab="TGN" refid="7008038" extent="inhabited place">Paris</name> <name type="geographic" vocab="TGN" refid="7002883" extent="region">Île-de-France</name> <name type="geographic" vocab="TGN" refid="1000070" extent="nation">France</name> <name type="geographic" vocab="TGN" refid="1000003" extent="continent">Europe</name> </location> </locationSet> <measurementsSet> <display>12 min (running time)</display> <notes/> <measurements type="runningTime" unit="min">12</measurements> </measurementsSet> <sourceSet> <display>Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)</display> <source> <name>Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)</name> </source> </sourceSet> <stylePeriodSet> <display>Symbolist; Twentieth century</display> <stylePeriod vocab="LCSAF" refid="sh 85139020">Twentieth century</stylePeriod> <stylePeriod vocab="AAT" refid="300021514">Symbolist</stylePeriod> </stylePeriodSet> <subjectSet> <display>allegorical; mythology (Classical); Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Pre´lude a` l’apre`s-midi d’un faune; Mallarme´, Ste´phane, 1842-1898. Apre`s-midi d’un faune</display> <notes/> <subject> <term type="descriptiveTopic" vocab="LCSAF" refid="n 84046737">Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Pre´lude a` l’apre`s-midi d’un faune</term> </subject> <subject> <term type="descriptiveTopic" vocab="LCSAF" refid="no 89019415">Mallarme´, Ste´phane, 1842-1898. Apre`s-midi d’un faune</term> </subject> </subjectSet> <techniqueSet> <display>choreography</display> <notes/> <technique vocab="AAT" refid="300255715">choreography</technique> </techniqueSet> <titleSet> <display>Afternoon of a Faun [Nijinsky ballet]</display> <title type="descriptive" pref="true" xml:lang="en">Afternoon of a Faun [Nijinsky ballet]</title> <title type="cited" pref="false" xml:lang="fr">L'après-midi d'un faune</title> <title type="translated" pref="false" xml:lang="en">The Afternoon of a Faun</title> </titleSet> <worktypeSet> <display>performing arts; dance; ballet</display> <worktype vocab="LCSAF" refid="sh 85011275">ballet</worktype> </worktypeSet> </work> </vra> |
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