Jeux
| Jeux | |
|---|---|
| Choreographed by | Nijinsky |
| Composed by | Claude Debussy |
| Date of premiere | 15 May 1913 |
| Place of premiere | Théâtre des Champs Elysees Paris |
| Original ballet company | Diaghilev's Ballets Russes |
| Characters | Boy Two girls |
| Designs by | Léon Bakst |
| Setting | Park near the Bois de Bologne |
| Created for | Nijinsky |
| Genre | Realism |
| Type | Modern |
Jeux (French: Games) is a modern ballet. It was choreographed by Nijinksy to music by Claude Debussy. It starred Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina, and Ludmilla Schollar. It was first performed in the Théâtre des Champs Elysees in Paris on May 15, 1913. Grace Robert writes that the ballet was received "very tepidly".
References
[change | change source]- Kirstein, Lincoln. 1984. Four Centuries of Ballet: Fifty Masterworks. Dover. pp. 202-03.
- Robert, Grace. 1949. The Borzoi Book of Ballets. New York: Knopf. p. 259.
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| Scenery and Costume Designers | Léon Bakst • Alexandre Benois • Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri • Jean Cocteau • Paul Lormier • Ivan Vsevolozhsky | |
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