Natasha Trouhanova in Leon Bakst's Costume for "La Peri." Comoedia Illustre (June 15, 1911)
La Peri is a ballet by French composer Paul Dukas about a man’s search for immortality and his encounter with the mythological Peri which carries the flower of immortality.
“Paul Dukas wrote the music in 1911 as a dance poem in one scene… He was commissioned to write the music for the Ballets Russes with designs by Leon Bakst, with Natalia Trouhanova as the Peri and Vaslav Nijinsky as Iskender. However, because Serge Diaghilev did not feel that Trouhanova was enough a skilled dancer to be a partner to Nijinsky, the production was cancelled. Trouhanova eventually commissioned Ivan Clustine to choreograph the music, and the work premiered in Paris on April 22, 1912, with Bekefi as Iskender and designs by Rene Piot.” [Wikipedia]
Natasha Trouhanova in Leon Bakst's Costume for "La Peri." Comoedia Illustre (June 15, 1911)
La Peri is a ballet by French composer Paul Dukas about a man’s search for immortality and his encounter with the mythological Peri which carries the flower of immortality.
“Paul Dukas wrote the music in 1911 as a dance poem in one scene… He was commissioned to write the music for the Ballets Russes with designs by Leon Bakst, with Natalia Trouhanova as the Peri and Vaslav Nijinsky as Iskender. However, because Serge Diaghilev did not feel that Trouhanova was enough a skilled dancer to be a partner to Nijinsky, the production was cancelled. Trouhanova eventually commissioned Ivan Clustine to choreograph the music, and the work premiered in Paris on April 22, 1912, with Bekefi as Iskender and designs by Rene Piot.” [Wikipedia]