A COSTUME FOR PETRUSHKA

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A COSTUME FOR PETRUSHKA

A harlequin's costume comprising an orange and taffeta and brown velvet striped hat with a white cloth brim trimmed in red with a red tassel; a white cotton blouse with ruffled collar and elasticated waist and wrists trimmed in red; a pair of breeches painted with orange and yellow checks with van dyked decoration at the knees in red and pink and bound with black; and a pair of white terrycloth mittens with red felt cuffs; and a duplicate blouse, (the breeches and one blouse with repairs) the hat and breeches labelled Grace Costumes, New York

Nureyev's debut in the role, first danced by Nijinsky, was with the Royal Ballet in 1963. Subsequently he performed the role with numerous ballet companies. The labelling on this costume would suggest that it was first used in a New York production. Nureyev perforemd the role as part of the Homage to Diaghilev with the Joffrey Ballet at the Mark Hellinger Theater, New York in March 1979. However, the Benois design remains constant to all productions of Petrushka and the costume offered here could have been used in any number of productions with various companies. The slacks offered in lot 73, illustrated in A. Schouvaloft, Stravinsky on Stage, London, 1982, p. 5 and H. Brown, op. cit., pl. III, are those used in Royal Ballet productions

出版

J. Percival, op. cit., after p.160, with the Paris Opéra, 1975 A. Bland, op. cit., 1977, pp. 123, 236-8

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PIERROT LUNAIRE

A ballet in one act about commedia dell'arte characters based on poems by Albert Giraud

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Composer: Anold Schoenberg
Choreographer: Glen Tetley
Designer: Rouben Ter-Arutunian (sets and costumes)
Company: The Glen Tetley Company
Première: May 5, 1962, Fashion Institute of Technology,
New York

NEW PRODUCTION

Company: The Royal Danish Ballet
Première: October 31, 1968
Nureyev'e debut: 1977, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen

This very striking and poignant ballet by Glen Tetley became a favourite of Nureyev's as he sought to develop his skills into the contemporary idiom