TVM Basement: 20th C. Pre WW-I European Art -- Leon Bakst

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born: Grodno, Belarus; 10 May 1866
died: Paris, France; 2 December 1924

Dancer	Danse Juive	Costume Design for Ballets Russes Cléopâtre 1909 Music by Arensky et.al. Choreography by Michel Fokine. The next meeting of the 'committee' took place a week later. Diaghilev opened the discussion by saying that the ballet, Egyptian Nights, about which we had not had the time to go into details on at the last occasion, was to be called Cleopatra. The overture by Arensky must be dropped and replaced by an overture to the opera Orestia by Taneev, while Cleopatra's entrance must be set to music from the opera Mlada by Rimsky-Korsakov. What was needed for the Bacchanale was some music by Glazounov that had already been successfully used by Fokine. Finally, he wanted Fokine to compose a grand finale with music by Moussorgsky from the opera Khovanshchina. He paused here for a moment, looking at our astonished faces, then smiled and continued: Then the end of the ballet is banal. It must be changed. S. Grigoriev
Syrian Dance	Greek Dancer

Costume Moderne
1910

Lady's Dress
1912

The Firebird	The Tsarevna	Costume Design for Ballets Russes The Firebird 1910 Music by Stravinsky. Choreography by Michel Fokine.
Bacchante		Costume Design for Ballets Russes Narcisse 1911 Music by Tcherepnin. Choreography by Michel Fokine.

Iskander

Peri
(Natasha Trouhanova)

Costume Design for

La Peri
1911
Music by Paul Dukas

A Young Rajah	Bayadere with Peacock	Costume Design for Ballets Russes Le Dieu Bleu 1911 Story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo Music by Reynaldo Hahn. Choreography by Michel Fokine.
The Bride	Le Dieu Bleu [Nijinsky]

	Set Design for Act II	Costume Design for Ballets Russes Daphnis et Chloe 1912 Music by Maurice Ravel Choreography by Michel Fokine.
Set Design Act I	Set Design Act II	Costume Design for Ida Rubenstein's Ballet Troupe Helen de Sparta 1912
Helen of Sparta [ Ida Rubinstein as Helen]

Nymph	Nymph	The Faun [Nijinsky]
Costume Design for Ballets Russes Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 1912 Music by Debussy Choreography by Nijinsky.