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.)
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.
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.)
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.
133.4. Galop 1932
Music
Igor Markevitch
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.)
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.
133.5. Galathée 1932
Music
Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
Choreography
George Balanchine
Production
Costumes by Georges Annenkoff
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.)
Pygmalion, through the force of his love, having brought the statue of Galatea to life, is himself turned to stone. Despite this program note, Nikitina’s is the only name that appears in the cast.
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.
133.6. Gavotte Russe 1932
Music
Sergei Prokofiev (Gavotte, Ten Pieces, Op. 12, 1908-13, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti)
Choreography
George Balanchine
Production
Costume by Georges Annenkoff
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.)
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.
133.7. La Prédiction 1932
Music
Igor Stravinsky (from Le Baiser de la Fée, 1928)
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, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
133.1. Caprice, 133.1a. [Dances for Josephine Baker], *178. Le Baiser de la Fée, 271. The Fairy's Kiss (Le Baiser de la Fée), 376. Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée'
A young man meets a fairy disguised as a fortune teller. She predicts a sad future. He tries to flee, but suddenly appearing as her true self, the fairy seduces the young man, who dies from her kiss.
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.
133.8. Variation 1932
Music
Igor Stravinsky (from Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28)
Choreography
George Balanchine
Production
Costume by Bouchène
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
See Also
*84. Apollon Musagète, 133.1. Caprice, 133.1a. [Dances for Josephine Baker], 176. Apollon Musagète, 198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète), 284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses
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.
133.9. La Leçon de Danse 1932
Music
Emmanuel Chabrier
Choreography
George Balanchine
Production
Costumes and objects by Joan Miró
Premiere
June 29, 1932, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Roger Desormière. (Earlier in the summer performed in Brussels, for which no program has been found.)
