Narcisse
Photograph
1925 (photographed)
1925 (photographed)
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Photographic print of Narcisse, as performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes ca. 1925. The image posed on part of the set against a black cloth show the two jealous Nymphs, Ninette de Valois and H M reaching towards Narcissus beside a reflecting pool. The Nymphs are jealous of Echo who is also in love with Narcissus and who warn him that, 'his love cannot be returned since echo can only repeat the last words and gestures of all others and cannot express or feel anything herself'. (Beaumont Michel Fokine & his Ballets' p.71)
Narcisse A Mythological poem one act had book, sets and costumes by Léon Bakst; was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes' to an original score by Nicolas Tcherepnin. It was created for the first season by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo and first performed on 29 April 1911. Sasha's photographs were taken in conjustion with the company's 1925 season at the London Coliseum when the ballet was revived.
Narcisse A Mythological poem one act had book, sets and costumes by Léon Bakst; was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes' to an original score by Nicolas Tcherepnin. It was created for the first season by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo and first performed on 29 April 1911. Sasha's photographs were taken in conjustion with the company's 1925 season at the London Coliseum when the ballet was revived.
Object details
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| Title | Narcisse (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic print |
| Brief description | Photographic print of Narcisse, ca. 1925 |
| Physical description | Photographic print of Narcisse ca. 1925. Narcisse poses on a grassy mound surrounded by two nymphs. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
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| Summary | Photographic print of Narcisse, as performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes ca. 1925. The image posed on part of the set against a black cloth show the two jealous Nymphs, Ninette de Valois and H M reaching towards Narcissus beside a reflecting pool. The Nymphs are jealous of Echo who is also in love with Narcissus and who warn him that, 'his love cannot be returned since echo can only repeat the last words and gestures of all others and cannot express or feel anything herself'. (Beaumont Michel Fokine & his Ballets' p.71) Narcisse A Mythological poem one act had book, sets and costumes by Léon Bakst; was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes' to an original score by Nicolas Tcherepnin. It was created for the first season by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo and first performed on 29 April 1911. Sasha's photographs were taken in conjustion with the company's 1925 season at the London Coliseum when the ballet was revived. |
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| Accession number | S.281-2016 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2016 |
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