133.3. La Naïade 1932
- Music
Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costume by Christian Bérard
- Premiere
June 29, 1932, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Roger Désormière. (Earlier in the summer performed in Brussels, for which no program has been found.)
- Cast
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
Note
The naiade continued to dance even though she felt she was walking on knives each time her little feet touched the earth–Hans [Christian] Andersen.
This and other numbers in the same concert (133.1-133.9) are described in Nikitina: By Herself, pp. 113-15. Concert program located by Barbara Newman.
