Event

Ballet Film: LES BALLETS RUSSES

From The Paris National Opera Ballet

At the beginning of the last century, Serge Diaghilevs Ballets Russes shook conventions and threw open the door to modernity, initiating a collaboration between painters, musicians and choreographers of the avant-garde. The artistic elite of the era was brought together under one breathtaking playbill: Debussy, Stravinsky, Falla, Picasso, Bakst, Massine, Nijinsky, Fokine

And yet, this tribute brings together works from different periods revealing an unexpected diversity of inspiration, from the heady romanticism of The Specter of the rose, the unbridled eroticism of The Afternoon of a Faun, to the tragic festivities of Petrouchka and the subtle Spanish flavor of The Three- Cornered Hat.

Four essential works, bringing together the artistic elite of their day- choreographers, painters and musicians - are performed in their unsurpassable original choreography.

Program:

Part 1

The Specter of the Rose
Music Carl Maria von Weber
ChoreographyMikhaïl Fokine
Sets and costumesafter Léon Bakst

The Afternoon of a Faun
MusicClaude Debussy
ChoreographyVaslav Nijinski
Sets and costumesLéon Bakst

The Three-Cornered Hat
MusicManuel de Falla
ChoreographyLéonide Massine
Sets and costumesPablo Picasso

Part 2

Petrushka
MusicIgor Stravinsky
ChoreographyMikhaïl Fokine
Sets and costumesafter Alexandre Benoi