Theatre Costume
1928 (made)
Silver-grey rayon crinoline dress designed by Pavel Tcheletchew, worn by a female member of the corps de ballet in Ode. Large square mirror 'sequins' form stars n the skirt and and on the shoulder picked out by the elaborate stage lighting. The dress is worn with a fencing mask and long black gloves to make the dancer anonymous. The setting includes a suspended pyramid of dolls dressed similarly in crinolines to give a sense of distance.
Ode was a revolutionary ballet that used film and light and a set of gauzes and ropes to create its ambiance. he critic A V Coton claimed the ballet had an unearthly beauty and was quite different from other works on the stage in 1928.
Ode was a revolutionary ballet that used film and light and a set of gauzes and ropes to create its ambiance. he critic A V Coton claimed the ballet had an unearthly beauty and was quite different from other works on the stage in 1928.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Rayon dress, tarleton, cotton lining, cotton jersey, steel, 'stars' of molded plastic paillettes |
| Brief description | Costume designed by Pavel Tchelitchev for a Figurante in Massine's ballet Ode created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1928 and fine-meshed fencing mask. |
| Physical description | Costume designed by Pavel Tchelitchev for a Figurante in Massine's ballet Ode created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1928. Grey sleeveless dress with full gathered skirt, three-quarter length sleeves and boat neck decorated with metallic stars. Within the neck is a black hood decorated with metallic stars. Fine-meshed fencing mask. |
| Object history | Apparently the Friends of the Museum of Performance acquired Lot 221 from the Sotheby auction of Costumes and Curtains from the Diaghilev and de Basil Ballets on 3 March 1973. Described as 'Eight dresses, two fencing masks and three leotards it does not exactly match the material in the V&A. The costumes were previously the property of the Diaghilev and de Basil Foundation Ltd. |
| Summary | Silver-grey rayon crinoline dress designed by Pavel Tcheletchew, worn by a female member of the corps de ballet in Ode. Large square mirror 'sequins' form stars n the skirt and and on the shoulder picked out by the elaborate stage lighting. The dress is worn with a fencing mask and long black gloves to make the dancer anonymous. The setting includes a suspended pyramid of dolls dressed similarly in crinolines to give a sense of distance. Ode was a revolutionary ballet that used film and light and a set of gauzes and ropes to create its ambiance. he critic A V Coton claimed the ballet had an unearthly beauty and was quite different from other works on the stage in 1928. |
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| Accession number | S.845&A-1980 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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