Afternoon of a faun ballet nijinsky biography
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Afternoon of a faun ballet nijinsky biography
Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)
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The balletL'après-midi d'un faune (or The Afternoon of a Faun) was choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, and first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on May 29, 1912.
Nijinsky danced the main part himself.
As its score it used the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy. Both the music and the ballet were inspired by the poem L'après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé.
The costumes and sets were designed by the painter Léon Bakst.
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The choreography
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.
They often moved