L'Après-midi d'un faune
Choreographer:
Vaslav Nijinsky
Staged by:
Leon Woizikovsky, Lydia Sokolova
Producer:
Leon Woizikovsky
Composer:
Claude Debussy
Set designer:
Léon Bakst (after)
Rambert premiere:
20 Apr 1931, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London
World premiere:
29 May 1912, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Production note:
Leon Woizikovsky and Lydia Sokolova, who had danced the lead roles with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, staged this ballet for the Rambert company. The costumes were after Bakst's originals for the Ballets Russes.
Revival credits:
1976 revival: Lighting designer: Nadine Baylis
1983 revival: Lighting designer: Campbell
2012 revival: Lighting designer: Sid Ellen; revival director of the Rambert version of Nijinsky's choreography: Ann Whitley
1983 revival: Lighting designer: Campbell
2012 revival: Lighting designer: Sid Ellen; revival director of the Rambert version of Nijinsky's choreography: Ann Whitley
Music title:
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1984)
Music details:
Live music: flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (in A and Bb), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, percussion, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass. Piano was included 2012-2014.
Music note:
Mark Bowden's 2011 orchestration was used for the 2012 revival.
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0042
Performances
Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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20 Apr 1931 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Le Cricket | Adagio from Lac des Cygnes | L'Après-midi d'un faune* | Gavotte Sentimentale | The Circus Girl* | Scherzo* | La Belle Ecuyère* | Mazurka des Hussars | Mars and Venus | Mercury Theatre, London |
4 May 1931 Evening |
La Péri | Le Boxing | Capriol Suite | L'Après-midi d'un faune | A Florentine Picture | Façade* | Mercury Theatre, London |
15 Jun 1931 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Mars and Venus | Waterloo and the Crimea* | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Gavotte Sentimentale | Russian Pedlar | La Belle Ecuyère | Variation from ''Swan Lake'' | Circus Dance | Mannequin | Farrucca | Mademoiselle Maupin | Mazurka Finale | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
9 Oct 1932 Evening |
The Garden | Prelude in B minor (Rachmaninov) | Prelude in G major (Rachmaninov) | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Foyer de Danse* | Le Spectre de la Rose | American Sailor (from 'Les Matelots')* | The Shepherd's Wooing (from 'The Gods go a-begging') | The Tartans (Danc | Mercury Theatre, London |
31 Dec 1933 Evening |
Récamier* | Le Boxing | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | Mercury Theatre, London |
4 Feb 1935 Evening |
Mephisto Waltz | Façade | Valentine's Eve* | The Planets | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Foyer de Danse | Duke of York's Theatre, London |
9 Jun 1936 Evening |
The Planets | Valses Nobles et Sentimentales | Mermaid | Bluebird | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
10 Jun 1936 Evening |
The Planets | Valses Nobles et Sentimentales | Mermaid | Bluebird | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
14 Jun 1937 Evening |
Our Lady's Juggler | Valse Romantique No. 1 (Chabrier) | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Passionate Pavane | Bluebird | The Lady of Shalott | Suite of Airs | Death and the Maiden | Valse Romantique No. 3 (Chabrier) | Le Cricket | Le Rugby | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
21 Nov 1949 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Don Quixote (Pas de deux Classique) | L'Après-midi d'un Faune | La Mort du Cygne | Capriccio Espagnol* | Blue Bird (Pas de deux Classique) | Giselle Act II | Empress Hall, London |
10 Jul 1956 Evening |
Winter Night | The Dying Swan | Façade | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Les Sylphides | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |
4 Dec 1968 Evening |
Hazard | Pawn to King 5* | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
14 May 1970 Evening |
George Frideric | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Opus '65* | Hazard | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
17 May 1971 Evening |
The Empty Suit | L'Après-midi d'un faune | George Frideric | Wings* | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
6 May 1983 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan | Capriol Suite | Chicago Brass | Concertino* | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
15 Feb 2012 Evening |
Seven for a secret, never to be told | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy* | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
16 Feb 2012 Evening |
Seven for a secret, never to be told | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
17 Feb 2012 Evening |
Seven for a secret, never to be told | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
15 May 2012 Evening |
SUB* | The Art of Touch | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy* | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
16 May 2012 Evening |
SUB | The Art of Touch | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
17 May 2012 Evening |
SUB | The Art of Touch | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
18 May 2012 Evening |
SUB | The Art of Touch | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
19 May 2012 Matinee |
SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
19 May 2012 Evening |
SUB | The Art of Touch | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
9 Sep 2012 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | Opera Hall, Shanghai, China |
14 Sep 2012 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China |
15 Sep 2012 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China |
16 Sep 2012 Matinee |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China |
20 Sep 2012 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea |
21 Sep 2012 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hush | Monolith | LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea |
14 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent |
15 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent |
23 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
24 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
29 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
30 Nov 2012 Matinee |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
30 Nov 2012 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
5 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
6 Feb 2013 Matinee |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
6 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
13 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
14 Feb 2013 Matinee |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
14 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
15 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
16 Feb 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
19 Mar 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Eden Court Theatre, Inverness |
20 Mar 2013 Evening |
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Eden Court Theatre, Inverness |
9 Oct 2013 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Monolith | The Castaways* | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
10 Oct 2013 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Monolith | The Castaways | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
11 Oct 2013 Matinee |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
11 Oct 2013 Evening |
L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Monolith | The Castaways | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
31 Oct 2013 Evening |
Subterrain | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Bath |
1 Nov 2013 Matinee |
Subterrain | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Bath |
1 Nov 2013 Evening |
Subterrain | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Bath |
2 Nov 2013 Matinee |
Subterrain | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Bath |
2 Nov 2013 Evening |
Subterrain | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Bath |
27 Nov 2013 Evening |
SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
28 Nov 2013 Evening |
SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
29 Nov 2013 Evening |
SUB | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | The Castaways | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
19 Mar 2014 Evening |
The Castaways | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Rooster | New Theatre, Oxford |
20 Mar 2014 Evening |
The Castaways | L'Après-midi d'un faune | What Wild Ecstasy | Rooster | New Theatre, Oxford |