Le Carnaval
Photograph
1910-1929 (photographed)
1910-1929 (photographed)
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Photograph of Elsa Will in Le Carnaval, performed by the Ballets Russes. The ballet was choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Robert Schumann, with scenery and costume design by Léon Bakst.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Le Carnaval (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of Elsa Will in Le Carnaval, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes |
| Physical description | Photograph of Elsa Will as Columbine in the Ballet Russes' Le Carnaval. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Royal Academy of Music |
| Object history | This photograph is part of a collection amassed by Norman McCann (1920-1999). McCann studied at the Royal Academy of Music in the late 1940s and went on to become an impresario and the President of the British Association of Concert Agents. He collected dance material with the intention of establishing the International Dance Museum and compiling a comprehensive Who's Who of Ballet. On his death the collection was bequeathed to the Royal Academy of Music, but it contained material outside the remit of the Royal Academy and was given by the Academy to the V&A Theatre and Performance collection. |
| Summary | Photograph of Elsa Will in Le Carnaval, performed by the Ballets Russes. The ballet was choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Robert Schumann, with scenery and costume design by Léon Bakst. |
| Associated object | THM/417 (Archive record) |
| Other number | THM/417 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.406-2017 |
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| Record created | August 4, 2017 |
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