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L’Apres-midi d’un faune / Vaslav Nijinsky
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Russian ballet dancer and modern dance choreographer
One of the most important male dancers of all time
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I am an artist who loves all shapes and all kinds of beauty . . . God is beauty with feeling. Beauty is in feeling.
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Premiere Date:
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1912
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Music:
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Claude Debussy, L’Apres-midi d’un faune
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Costume Design:
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Léon Bakst
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Lighting Design:
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Michael Wellborn
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Set Design:
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Léon Bakst
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Reconstruction:
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Ann Hutchinson Guest and Claudio Jeschke from Nijinsky’s notation score
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Staging:
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Lois Rathvon from Labanotation
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Costume Realization:
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Cathrine Thiele
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Set Fabrication:
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Ron Steger
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Rehearsal Direction:
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Lois Rathvon, Hannah C. Wiley
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Dancers:
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Faune: Minh Tran, Lead nymph: Ursula Miller, Nymphs: Clarence Brooks, Gabri Christa, Pamela Geber, Rebecca Malcolm Kara O’Toole, Leslie Partridge
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Performance Date:
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February 27, 1998
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Performance Location:
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Meany Theater, University of Washington
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Credits:
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The Vaslav & Romola Nijinsky Foundation authorized this performance. The Labanoation score was provided courtesy of the Language of Dance Center. Scenery and costumes were furnished by the Oakland Ballet, Ronn Guidi, Founding Artistic Director
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