AVANT-GARDE BALLETS: “The Afternoon of a Faun” (1912), choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky (as Faun) for the Ballets Russes; “Parade” (1917) choreographed by Léonide Massine (who also danced) for the Ballets Russes, with costumes and sets designed by Pablo Picasso; “Les Ballets 1933”, six performances all choreographed by George Balanchine (see below)
MUSIC:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Waltz Farewell to the Piano, Luis Sarro (musopen.org)
Claude Debussy 1893 - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Natalia Ensemble (musopen.org)
Franz Liszt 1881 - Valse no. 1 from Valses oubliées, Vadim Chaimovich (musopen.org)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1791 - Ave Verum Corpus, Orchestra Gli Armonici (musopen.org)
Maurice Ravel 1908 - Rapsodie espagnole - 1. Prélude à la nuit très modéré, University of Chicago Orchestra (musopen)
Erik Satie 1917 - Music for the Parade Ballet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1887 - Mozartiana - III. Preghiera, Orchestra Ensemble Forza Autumn Concert 2013 (Encore)
SUBJECTS: vanguard artists, neoclassical design, surrealism, avant-garde ballet, New York City Ballet
PERSONAE (in order of appearance): Emilio Terry (José Emilio Terry y Sánchez, 1890–1969), Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, Olga Khokhlova, Léon Bakst, Lydia Nelidova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Christian Comte, Rodin, Charles Jude, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Adolph de Meyer, Charlie Chaplin (Sunnyside), Freddie Mercury, Sergei Diaghilev, Léonide Massine, Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Gary Chryst, Jacques Bonjean, Christian Dior, Salvador Dali, Boris Kochno, Christian Bérard, George Balanchine, Galina Siderenko, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Nicolas Nabokov, Tamara Toumanova, Roman Jasinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexandra Danilova, Frederick Franklin, Maria Tallchief, Suzanne Farrell, Christopher d’Amboise, Alberto Giacometty, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Roman Jasinski, Tilly Losch, Pavel Tchelitchew, Franz Peter Schubert, André Derain, Henri Sauguet, Henri Matisse, Lucienne Kylberg, Darius Milhaud, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Caspar Neher, Edward James, Lincoln Kirstein, Allegra Kent
BUILDINGS: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris), Savoy Theatre (London)
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LES BALLETS 1933
The six performances of “Les Ballets 1933” (see: www.balanchine.org).
The short-lived company was founded by Boris Kochno and George Balanchine, financed by Edward James. Choreography George Balanchine. Premiered 7 – 19 June 1933 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, and 28 June – 15 July at the Savoy Theatre, London. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
Ballets:
1. LES VALSES DE BEETHOVEN (The Waltzes of Beethoven),
2. MOZARTIANA,
3 L’ERRANTE (The wanderer),
4. FASTES (“Memorable days”, Ovid)
5. LES SONGES (The dreams),
6. LES SEPT PÊCHÉS CAPITAUX or Anna-Anna (The Seven Deadly Sins / Die sieben Todsünden), ballet chanté (sung ballet), (surrealist) scenery and costumes: Caspar Rudolph Neher. First performance June 7 (Weill & Brecht's last collaboration)
Music: Kurt Weill, libretto Bertolt Brecht from a scenario by Edward James and Boris Kochno,
Cast: The Two Annas, Lotte Lenya (singer), Tilly Losch (dancer); The Family, Heinrich Gretler, Otto Pasetti, Albert Peters, Erich Ruchs (singers); corps de ballet. Singers and dancers appeared together on stage.
