Apollon Musagète
Photograph
1928 (Photographed)
1928 (Photographed)
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Studio photograph by Lipnitzki of Lubov Tchernicheva (Calliope) and Felia Doubrovska (Polymnia) in Apollon Musagète, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1928. Apollon Musagète was first performed at the theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 12 June 1928 with a score and book by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine.
This is one of a series of photographs taken at Lipnitzki’s studio in Paris in 1928 to publicise Apollon Musagéte with Lifar (Apollo) and just two of the muses, Lubov Tchernicheva (Calliope) and Felia Doubrovska (Polymnia). The photos evoke poses from the ballet and show the original costumes derived from paintings by André Bauchant. The tutus with asymmetrical hems for the muses were only worn in 1928 and redesigned as jersey tunics by Chanel the following year. This pose evokes the duet for these two muses at the start of section 2.viii.
Usually simply called Apollo this was one of Balanchine’s most successful ballets and continues to be performed having been redesigned on numerous occasions.
This is one of a series of photographs taken at Lipnitzki’s studio in Paris in 1928 to publicise Apollon Musagéte with Lifar (Apollo) and just two of the muses, Lubov Tchernicheva (Calliope) and Felia Doubrovska (Polymnia). The photos evoke poses from the ballet and show the original costumes derived from paintings by André Bauchant. The tutus with asymmetrical hems for the muses were only worn in 1928 and redesigned as jersey tunics by Chanel the following year. This pose evokes the duet for these two muses at the start of section 2.viii.
Usually simply called Apollo this was one of Balanchine’s most successful ballets and continues to be performed having been redesigned on numerous occasions.
Object details
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| Title | Apollon Musagète (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph on card |
| Brief description | Studio photograph by Boris Lipnitzki of Lubov Tchernicheva and Felia Doubrovska in Apollon Musagète, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, June 1928. |
| Physical description | Studio photograph of two ballerinas facing one another but looking up. They are in arabesque on point with one arm around the other dancer's waist. They wear roughly knee-length asymmetrical tutus and close-fitting caps with a decoration of florets. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Albert W. King, December 1934. |
| Summary | Studio photograph by Lipnitzki of Lubov Tchernicheva (Calliope) and Felia Doubrovska (Polymnia) in Apollon Musagète, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1928. Apollon Musagète was first performed at the theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 12 June 1928 with a score and book by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine. This is one of a series of photographs taken at Lipnitzki’s studio in Paris in 1928 to publicise Apollon Musagéte with Lifar (Apollo) and just two of the muses, Lubov Tchernicheva (Calliope) and Felia Doubrovska (Polymnia). The photos evoke poses from the ballet and show the original costumes derived from paintings by André Bauchant. The tutus with asymmetrical hems for the muses were only worn in 1928 and redesigned as jersey tunics by Chanel the following year. This pose evokes the duet for these two muses at the start of section 2.viii. Usually simply called Apollo this was one of Balanchine’s most successful ballets and continues to be performed having been redesigned on numerous occasions. |
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| Accession number | S.173-2017 |
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| Record created | February 24, 2017 |
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