Piece

Nom de la Pièce L’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Autre Nom de la Pièce Faun ([Titre popularisé] *Popularized title)
Date de Création [1912] 1912
Créateur Nijinsky, Vaslav
Arts du Spectacle Associés Ballet
Personnages dans la Pièce Faun , Nymphs Faun
Intrigue Sitting on a rock by the water, a faun watches a group of nymphs bathing. He accosts one of them, who escapes, leaving behind her veil. The faun returns to vhis rock with the veil, and lays down on it (with sexual overtones).
Source(s) International Encyclopedia of Dance
Notes Set to Claude Debussy's musical piece "Prelude a l’Après-Midi d’un Faune." First performed in 1912 by Diaghliev's Ballets Russes, with Vaslav Nijinsky in the Faun role. SFPALM piece creator: Nijinsky function: choreographer
Texte Publié dans International Encyclopedia of Dance

Associated Items

Productions Associées 1922May, Théatre National de L’Opéra, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Mariage de la Belle au Bois Dormant, Le ,
1912May, Théâtre du Châtelet, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Dieu Bleu, Le
Representations of characters from piece 1003883, 1003885