Symphonic Variations
Set Design
1946 (made)
1946 (made)
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Set design by Sophie Fedorovitch for the ballet Symphonic Variations, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1946.
Symphonic Variations was the first ballet created by Frederick Ashton for the Royal Opera House stage after the Sadler's Wells Ballet became resident there. The ballet went through a period of gestation during which Ashton stripped away his narrative and Sophie Fedorovitch stripped down and stylised her set design which evoked the open landscape of Norfolk.
Symphonic Variations was the first ballet created by Frederick Ashton for the Royal Opera House stage after the Sadler's Wells Ballet became resident there. The ballet went through a period of gestation during which Ashton stripped away his narrative and Sophie Fedorovitch stripped down and stylised her set design which evoked the open landscape of Norfolk.
Object details
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| Title | Symphonic Variations (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Set design by Sophie Fedorovitch for the ballet Symphonic Variations, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1946 |
| Physical description | Pencil and watercolour on card set design by Sophie Fedorovitch for the ballet Symphonic Variations, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House,1946. The design features stripes of bright green and white fading into one another on which are a series of flowing (and one broken) black curved lines. |
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| Summary | Set design by Sophie Fedorovitch for the ballet Symphonic Variations, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1946. Symphonic Variations was the first ballet created by Frederick Ashton for the Royal Opera House stage after the Sadler's Wells Ballet became resident there. The ballet went through a period of gestation during which Ashton stripped away his narrative and Sophie Fedorovitch stripped down and stylised her set design which evoked the open landscape of Norfolk. |
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| Accession number | S.1270-2014 |
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| Record created | June 4, 2014 |
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