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Le Sacre du printemps

Theatre Costume
1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Nicholas Roerich (designers)
Caffi, Ivan (makers)
Place of origin
Saint Petersburg (made)

Costume (design no.7) for a Maiden in scene one of Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps, designed by Nicholas Roerich for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1913.

Object details

Categories
Dance
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre Costume
Object type
Theatre costume
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Theatre Costume
  • Dance Costume
  • Theatre Costumes
  • Belts (Costume Accessories)
TitleLe Sacre du printemps (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wool, paint, leather and metal
Wool (Textile)
Paint
Leather
Metal
Sewing
Painting
Brief description
Costume (design no.7) for a Maiden in scene one of Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps, designed by Nicholas Roerich for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1913
Physical description
Costume for a Maiden in scene one of Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps, designed by Nicholas Roerich.

S.680-1980
Long robe of off-white wool, with upper full sleeve and orange underarm gusset. Attached under the skirt is an underskirt of bright scarlet fine wool, 43.5 cms long of which l3 cms is painted and exposed. The robe is completely overpainted with elaborate multicoloured geometric patterns.

S.680A-1980
Narrow leather looped belt, with hanging metal amulet shaped as a stylized horse with hanging bars and lozenges.
Dimensions
  • Length shoulder to hem length: 141.2cm
  • Length of overskirt length: 123.7cm
  • Width across shoulders width: 47cm
  • Length of sleeve shoulder to wrist length: 66cm
Gallery label
(2024)
Label for the display Enthoven Unboxed: 100 Years of Collecting Performance (the belt S.681A-1980 was displayed with costume S.681-1980):
Writer and critic Jacques Rivière described Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) as 'Spring seen from inside with all its violence, its spasms and its frissons'. Parisian audiences were shocked by Igor Stravinsky's dissonant score and Vaslav Nijinsky's angular choreography. In Scene 1 the women wore fine wool costumes, like this one, which gave weight to their movement.
Credit line
Given by the Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts
Summary
Costume (design no.7) for a Maiden in scene one of Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps, designed by Nicholas Roerich for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1913.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.680&A-1980

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1115678/le-sacre-du-printemps-theatre-costume-nicholas-roerich/
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