La Chatte
Photograph
1927 (Photographed)
1927 (Photographed)
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Photograph of Alice Nikitina in La Chatte, a ballet in one act by Sobeka, after one of Æsop's fables.
Music by Henri Sauguet
Lbretto by Boris Kochno ('Sobeka')
Architecture and sculpture constructed by Gabo and Pevsner
Choreography by George Balanchine.
Æsop’s fable tells of a young mans love for a cat, which had been transformed by Aphrodite into a human. To test the cat/woman’s love Aphrodite sends a mouse which becomes more fascinating to the woman than the man with the result that she is returned to her feline form.
First performed by the Ballets Russes on 30 April 1927 at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, Monaco.
First performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 14 June 1927 at the Prince’s Theatre, London.
Final performance by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes on 28 July 1929 at the Kursaal, Ostend.
Music by Henri Sauguet
Lbretto by Boris Kochno ('Sobeka')
Architecture and sculpture constructed by Gabo and Pevsner
Choreography by George Balanchine.
Æsop’s fable tells of a young mans love for a cat, which had been transformed by Aphrodite into a human. To test the cat/woman’s love Aphrodite sends a mouse which becomes more fascinating to the woman than the man with the result that she is returned to her feline form.
First performed by the Ballets Russes on 30 April 1927 at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, Monaco.
First performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 14 June 1927 at the Prince’s Theatre, London.
Final performance by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes on 28 July 1929 at the Kursaal, Ostend.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | La Chatte (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph on card |
| Brief description | Photograph of Alice Nikitina in La Chatte, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1927. |
| Physical description | Photograph of Alice Nikitina (The Cat) in La Chatte. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | LA CHATTE
Mme Alice Nikitina
Prince's, June 14 1927 |
| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Albert W. King, December 1934. |
| Summary | Photograph of Alice Nikitina in La Chatte, a ballet in one act by Sobeka, after one of Æsop's fables. Music by Henri Sauguet Lbretto by Boris Kochno ('Sobeka') Architecture and sculpture constructed by Gabo and Pevsner Choreography by George Balanchine. Æsop’s fable tells of a young mans love for a cat, which had been transformed by Aphrodite into a human. To test the cat/woman’s love Aphrodite sends a mouse which becomes more fascinating to the woman than the man with the result that she is returned to her feline form. First performed by the Ballets Russes on 30 April 1927 at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, Monaco. First performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 14 June 1927 at the Prince’s Theatre, London. Final performance by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes on 28 July 1929 at the Kursaal, Ostend. |
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| Accession number | S.421-2017 |
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| Record created | April 13, 2017 |
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