223. Sentimental Colloquy 1944
Paul Bowles
George Balanchine, credited to André Eglevsky
Scenery and costumes by Salvador Dali. Costumes executed by Karinska
October 30, 1944, Ballet International, International Theatre, New York. Conductor: Alexander Smallens
Marie-Jeanne, André Eglevsky; 2 men
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Titled after a poem by Verlaine and choreographed for two figures veiled in white who dance in surreal surroundings with a bicyclist and a figure costumed as a turtle. Dali’s backdrop, filled with images of bearded bicyclists and a grand piano spouting water, was designed to suggest extreme loneliness experienced in the midst of a crowd.
Marie-Jeanne