#nijinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
{ Music by Stravinsky, choreography by Nijinsky + costumes by Roerich; first performed by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1913 }
Valentine Gross-Hugo’s sketches of Nijinsky’s choreography for the Sacrificial DancefromThe Rite of Spring, 1913.
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Photo of a group of supporters and members of the Ballets Russes taken by one of its founders, Nicolas Besobrasov. From left to right, ? Botkine, Pavel Koribut-Kubitovitch, Tamara Karsavina, Vaslav Nijinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandre Benois, Sergei Diaghilev, ? Botkine. Front, Alexandra Vassilieva. Beausoleil, c. 1912.
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Cropped photo of Nijinsky’s sacrificial dancers.Dame Marie Rambert (1888-1982) is on the left.
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Nijinsky’s “knock-kneed Lolitas” of Le Sacre. Costume and set design by Nicholas Roerich. 1913.
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Sheet showing preliminary sketches of the Danse SacralefromLe Sacre du Printemps, by Valentine Gross, 1913.
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TheProgramme Officiel des Ballets Russes, Mai-Juin 1912 featuring the costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky’s Faun in L’Après Midi d’un Faune, by Léon Bakst.
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