Tag: diaghilev

Nijinsky and Karsavina

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris. | src Christie’s
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Karsavina], 1911. Lithographic poster in colors on wove paper, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris. Severin Wunderman Family Museum | src Bonhams
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Karsavina], 1911. Lithographic poster in colors on wove paper, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris. Severin Wunderman Family Museum | src Bonhams
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Karsavina], 1911
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Karsavina], 1911 [Detail]
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) THÉATRE DE MONTE-CARLO, BALLET RUSSE [Karsavina] Lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris | src Christie's
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Karsavina]. Lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris. | src Christie’s
d'après Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) EXPOSITION BALLETS RUSSES DE DIAGHILEW lithographic poster in colours, 1939, cond. A, backed on linen
Exposition: Ballets Russes de Diaghilew; d’après Jean Cocteau (1889-1963); lithographic poster in colours, 1939. | src Bonhams

Newscutting featuring Ninette de Valois as Little Red Riding Hood

Newscutting featuring Ninette de Valois performing with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes as Little Red Riding Hood in Aurora’s Wedding (1923), which was based on Act III of Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty. Photographer unknown. | src Royal Ballet School/NDV/EPH

Photograph of Michel Fokine as Prince Ivan and Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird in

‘L’Oiseau de Feu’, 1910. Music by Igor Stravinsky; libretto by Michel Fokine; sets by  Aleksandr
Golovin, with additional costumes by Léon Bakst; premiere on 25 June  
1910, Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris.

/ src: L. of Congress:
Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev

more [+] The Firebird posts / more [+] Tamara Karsavina posts

Dancer Alicia Markova as the Nightingale in Balanchine’s Le Chant du Rossignol [Song of the Nightingale], 1925, with music by Stravinsky and designs by Matisse. From a
programme for the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1925. Originally
choreographed by Massine in 1920, the ballet was revised as a vehicle
for the very young Alicia Markova. Photographer unknown. / src: Royal Ballet