The Birthday of the Infanta
Photograph
1919 (photographed)
1919 (photographed)
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After dancing with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and other companies, Adolf Bolm (1884-1951) settled in the USA where he created an experimentally multi-racial company and experimental ballets along side choreographing for the opera and for films. Inspired by Velazquez’s paintings, he choreographed The Birthday of the Infanta to music by John Alden Carpenter for Chicago Opera in 1919. The costumes were by Robert Edmond Jones.
Ruth Page (1899–1991) had a long career in dance. She joined Anna Pavlova’s second wartime tour to South America and, briefly, Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in Monte Carlo, and in the 1920s worked extensively with Adolph Bolm. An adventurous dancer interested in modern dance and music as well as ballet, her career, based in Chicago included dancing, choreographing and directing.
Ruth Page (1899–1991) had a long career in dance. She joined Anna Pavlova’s second wartime tour to South America and, briefly, Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in Monte Carlo, and in the 1920s worked extensively with Adolph Bolm. An adventurous dancer interested in modern dance and music as well as ballet, her career, based in Chicago included dancing, choreographing and directing.
Object details
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| Title | The Birthday of the Infanta (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph by Daguerre Studio of Adolph Bolm and Ruth Page in The Birthday of the Infanta, 1919 |
| Physical description | Photograph showing Adolph Bolm as the Dwarf and Ruth Page as the Infanta, wearing costumes inspired by the paintings by Velazquez. The Dwarf kneels on one knee and looks up lovingly while the Infanta draws back. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Summary | After dancing with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and other companies, Adolf Bolm (1884-1951) settled in the USA where he created an experimentally multi-racial company and experimental ballets along side choreographing for the opera and for films. Inspired by Velazquez’s paintings, he choreographed The Birthday of the Infanta to music by John Alden Carpenter for Chicago Opera in 1919. The costumes were by Robert Edmond Jones. Ruth Page (1899–1991) had a long career in dance. She joined Anna Pavlova’s second wartime tour to South America and, briefly, Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in Monte Carlo, and in the 1920s worked extensively with Adolph Bolm. An adventurous dancer interested in modern dance and music as well as ballet, her career, based in Chicago included dancing, choreographing and directing. |
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| Accession number | S.71-2021 |
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| Record created | May 10, 2021 |
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