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Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
George Balanchine
Costumes by Bouchène
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.)
Alice Nikitina, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
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Note
Diana, surprised at the bath by Acteon, transforms him into a stag to punish him for his curiosity.
Source Notes
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.
Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
George Balanchine
Costume by Christian Bérard
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.)
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
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.
Source Notes
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.
Igor Markevitch
George Balanchine
Costume by Christian Bérard
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.)
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Source Notes
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.
Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
George Balanchine
Costumes by Georges Annenkoff
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.)
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Note
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.
Source Notes
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.
Sergei Prokofiev (Gavotte, Ten Pieces, Op. 12, 1908-13, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti)
George Balanchine
Costume by Georges Annenkoff
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.)
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Source Notes
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.
Igor Stravinsky (from Le Baiser de la Fée, 1928)
George Balanchine
Costume by Christian Bérard
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.)
Alice Nikitina, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Note
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.
Source Notes

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.

Igor Stravinsky (from Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28)
George Balanchine
Costume by Bouchène
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.)
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Note
In a shell washed up on the sand, a young fisherman listens to the sound of the sea and dances.
Source Notes

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.

Emmanuel Chabrier
George Balanchine
Costumes and objects by Joan Miró
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.)
Alice Nikitina, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
Source Notes
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.