Theatre du Chatelet. Grande Saison De Paris. Direction: G. Astruc Et Cie. Du 6 au 17 Juin 1911. Sixieme Saison Russe. Organisee Par Serge de Diaghilev. Huit Representations De Gala Ballets Russes. Programme Officiel des Ballets Russes. Theatre Chatelet. Juin 1911. Text in French. Essay: Le Ballet Russe A Paris En Juin 1911 by Mte Casalonga. Essay: Le Ballet Russe by JEAN COCTEAU.
Diaghilev, Serge.
Place Published: Paris
Publisher: Comoedia Illustre
Date Published: 1911
Description: Folio, 70 pp. Original color illustrations for the covers of the 2 programs by Leon Bakst showing Nijinskyin costume for the ballet La Peri, which was not performed during this Paris engagement, and of Nijinsky in costume for the ballet Narcisse. Original double page color illustration of the scenery for the ballet Narcisse by Leon Bakst. Full page color plate of Mademoiselle N. Trouhanova dans "La Peri", which was not performed, after a watercolor by Leon Bakst Full page color plate of the Premiere Bacchante de "Narcisse" after a watercolor by Leon Bakst. Green illustration of Narcisse after a watercolor by Leon Bakst. Full page color illustration of Le Pelerin du " Dieu bleu" by Leon Bakst after a watercolor by Leon Bakst. Full page illustration blue-gray tones of Divinite Mineure "Narcisse" from a drawing by Leon Bakst. Full page biography with photograph of Leon Bakst. 4 page glazed paper pages with elaborate gilt design labeled Programme Officiel des Ballets Russes. Full page drawing in bistre of Mikhail Fokine, principal choreographer of the Ballets Russes, after a drawing by Serov. 2 full page and 2 half page photographs of Vaslav Nijinsky. 3 full page photographs of Tamara Karsavina. Full page photograph of Vera Fokina. Full page and half page photographs of Natalia Trouhanova. Full page photograph of Georges Rosay. Full page photograph of M. Fokine and Mme Fokine. Half page photographs of Sophie Fedorova, and M. Orlov. 2 full page photographs of the principal dancers in the ballet Carnaval. Full page photographs Chef Des Eunuques, Le Shah Zeman, Un Adolescent and Un Negre from the ballet Scheherazade. Full page advertisements for Tecla Jewelers, Prince Igor Parfum, Panhard Levassor automobiles, Chapeau Marie Crozet, Fourrures de Revillon Freres, F. Rothschild & Fils, Carrosserie, Au Theatre Apollo, Limousine grise de Belvallette, Chapeau Gabrielle Chanel, Daimler automobile, Parfum Esperies, "L'Ombre", derniere creation de Mme Guillot, Hotchkiss automobile, Parfum Seduction, Creation Paquin, Au Cafe Americain - Grill Room Du 1er Etage, Babani, La Derniere Mode dans la Coiffure par Williams Cuvernelle, Pneu Goodrich, Comoedia Illustre, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Reims, Les Corsets & Corselets de Mme Berthe Barreiros, Automobiles Lorraine-Dietrich, Automobiles Clement Bayard, La Cour Batave, la plus importante specialite de Blanc, A La Marquise de Sevigne, Chocolat Royal. All pages with either crimson or blue borders show an art nouveau leaf motif.
Comments: Extremely rare. No copy in OCLC. No copy for sale on the NET. 2 programs and ephemera for the 2 sequences of ballets performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, June 6 - June 17, 1911. This was the 3rd season of the Ballets Russes in Paris preceded only by the 1909 and 1910 seasons and was to date the most successful season. It was also the 6th overall season for this company of ballet dancers. The roster of names i.e. the dancers, choreographers, composers and designers is a Who's Who of Ballet in the 20th century. There were many firsts for the aforementioned. The dancers were led by the geniuses Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina. Igor Stravinsky composed Petroushka for this Paris season, its world premiere, with Vaslav Nijinsky dancing the title role for the first time. The ballets performed for the first sequence were: Carnaval, Narcisse, Le Spectre de la Rose and Sadko, June 6, 8, 9, 10, 1911. The ballets performed for the second sequence of ballets were: Petroushka, La Bataille de Kerjenetz, Le Spectre de la Rose and Scheherazade, June 13, 15, 16, 17, 1911. Tipped in is the revised program for the printed original which was changed at the last moment. The printed original is also present as part of the original program.
Edition: 2 programs and assorted ephemera. The publisher is the father of the creator of the BABAR booksBinding: All programs and ephemera bound in a cloth binding with a leather spine label lettered in gilt.
Condition: Slight repairs to 4 pages otherwise very good +.
Book Id: 1005132
Price: $1,200.00
