Other companies and exemplary ballets 1926–1938 Bronislava Nijinska

1 other companies , exemplary ballets 1926–1938

1.1 théâtre de l opéra in paris: bien aimée [beloved]
1.2 diaghilev s ballets russes in monte carlo: romeo , juliet
1.3 teatro colón in buenos aires: estudio religioso, choreography operas
1.4 ida rubinstein ballet in paris: boléro, la valse, le baiser de la fée
1.5 opéra russe à paris : capriccio espagnol
1.6 de basil s ballet russe de monte carlo : les cent baisers
1.7 max reinhardt s hollywood film: midsummer night s dream
1.8 teatro colón in buenos aires: le baiser de la fée, opera choreographies
1.9 markova-dolin ballet in london: les biches
1.10 ballet polonais in warsaw: concerto de chopin

other companies , exemplary ballets 1926–1938

nijinska continued choreograph, dance, , direct, working ballet companies , institutions in europe, south america, , united states.

théâtre de l opéra in paris: bien aimée [beloved]

a one-act ballet, music schubert , liszt, libretto , decor benois, rubinstein , vilzak dancing nijinska choreography, staged in 1928. thin plot has poet reminiscing @ piano departed muse, , youth. ballet revived markova-dolan company in 1937. ballet theatre in new york city had nijinska stage american premier in 1941/1942.

also @ paris opera, in 1924 nijinska choreographed ballet la rencontres [the encounters], libretto kochno, music sauguet. oedipus meets sphinx in circus.

diaghilev s ballets russes in monte carlo: romeo , juliet

a new version of romeo , juliet music constant lambert premiered in 1926. ballet impressed massine, saw later in london. nijinska s choreography admirable attempt express poignancy of shakespeare s play in modern terms. @ end, leading dancers karsavina , lifar, lovers in real life, eloped in aeroplane . max ernst did design work, balanchine entr acte. seemed me ballet far in advance of time, massine later wrote.

teatro colón in buenos aires: estudio religioso, choreography operas

a 1935 gala premiere

at teatro colón.

nijinska became choreographic director , principal dancer teatro colón (columbus theater) in 1926. active association buenos aires company endure until 1946. in 1913 ballets russes had toured buenos aires, montevideo, , rio de janeiro, nijinska child did not go. brother nijinsky did. in 1926 found inexperienced enthusiastic group of dancers, thirty in number, in ballet organization newly founded adolph bolm.

nijinska staged un estudio religioso music bach in 1926, developed choreography holy etudes of 1925. @ teatro colón able expand work presentation full company. drew on innovative ideas d first developed in kiev during war , revolution. in both these bach ballets, there no libretto, no plot.

abstract ballet, inspired spirituality of music, choreographed arrangement of 6 brandenburg concertos , first ballet mounted music of j. s. bach.

in 1926 , 1927 buenos aires theater, nijinska created dance scenes fifteen operas, including bizet s carmen, wagner s tannhäuser, verdi s aïda , la traviata, stravinsky s le rossignol, rimsky-korsakov s tsar saltan, massenet s thaïs, , gounod s faust. in 1927 teatro colón, nijinska directed ballet choreography created fokine ballets russes: ravel s daphnis et chloë, , stravinsky s petrouchka.

ida rubinstein ballet in paris: boléro, la valse, le baiser de la fée

rubinstein in 1922



ravel in 1925

ida rubinstein formed ballet company in 1928, bronislava nijinska named choreographer. rubinstein arranged maurice ravel compose music new dance enterprise. luck or genius, 1 of ravel s pieces became popular , famous. has remained day: boléro. rubinstein, nijinska choreographed original boléro ballet. in created ambient scene large circular platform, center stage, surrounded various individual dancers. @ times attention may drawn side several begin dance. movements inspired spanish dance yet abbreviated, stylized.

rubinstein herself had danced diaghilev in years of company ballets russes. in 1910 ballet shéhérazade (music ravel) , vaslav nijinsky (nijinska s brother) both had leading roles. danced in scene nijinska called breathtaking . rubinstein , nijinsky had partnered in ballet cléopâtre year before in paris ballets russes. rubinstein played title role. ballet runaway success of 1909 season made overnight star .

rubinstein, resident in paris, directed company perform nijinska-created ballet maurice ravel s la valse.

a version of ballet le baiser de la fée [kiss of fairy] originated when ida rubinstein asked igor stravinsky compose music choreographed bronislava nijinska. staged in 1928. idea should compose inspired music of tchaikovsky, wrote stravinsky. theme chose hans christian andersen s eerie tale of ice-maiden, put positive spin: fairy imprints magic kiss on child @ birth... . twenty years later... repeats fatal kiss , carries him off live in supreme happiness her... . stravinsky understood story s fairy muse kiss branded tchaikovsky magic imprint inspiring music. nijinska created choreography.

the composer stravinsky conducted orchestra ballet s first performance @ opéra in paris in 1928. le baiser de la fée played @ other european capitals, , in 1933 @ colon theatre in buenos aires. in 1935 ashton choreographed new version played in london, , in 1937 balanchine did version played in new york.

opéra russe à paris : capriccio espagnol

this ballet company founded in 1925 russian singer , husband, nephew of french composer massenet. company director wassily de basil (the former vassily voskresensky, russian entrepreneur, , perhaps cossack officer). since sergei diaghilev s death in 1929, discomforting void existed in world of european ballet. rené blum (brother of french politician léon blum) organizing ballet seasons @ casino de monte carlo. began talks de basil combining ballet operations, i.e., naissant company ballet russe de monte carlo . de basil come dancers, repertory, scenery, , costumes , blum theater , facilities , financial support . contract signed in january 1932. beginning de basil acted impresario, in 1936 blum , de basil split, each own company.

nijinska had joined company opèra russe à paris in 1930 choreograph ballet sequences in several operas, , create works all-ballet evenings alternated evenings of opera. consequently, created ballet capriccio espagnol russian composer nikolai rimsky-korsakov. staged several of previous ballet creations (les noces , les biches) , other ballets russes fare of diaghilev era. turned down unusually generous offer de basil s ballet russe de monte carlo in order start own company, ballets nijinska .

de basil s ballet russe de monte carlo : les cent baisers

nijinska choreographed les cent baisers [the hundred kisses] in 1935 de basil s company. one-act ballet, music d erlanger, opened in london. libretto boris kochno followed fairy tale swineherd , princess hans christian andersen. nijinska s choreography here considered 1 of more classical. yet incorporated subtle variations usual academic steps, according baranova danced role of princess. gave piece special feeling of east.

max reinhardt s hollywood film: midsummer night s dream

cast of midsummer night s dream: ross alexander, dick powell,

jean muir , olivia de havilland.

in 1934 max reinhardt requested nijinska travel los angeles choreograph dances 1935 film midsummer night s dream. hollywood recreation of william shakespeare s comedy, music felix mendelssohn. music taken 2 compositions shakespearean play. first 1826 concert overture, second 1842 incidental music, incorporated overture.

the midsummer night s dream film not nijinska s first time in employ of max reinhardt. well-known impresario had staged many , various types of performance art in theaters across europe. in 1931 in berlin had staged ballet scenes offenbach s opera tales of hoffmann.

apparently los angeles agreed nijinska, make permanent residence few years later.

teatro colón in buenos aires: le baiser de la fée, opera choreographies

nijinska had presented @ teatro colón in 1933 ballet le baiser de la fée [kiss of fairy], had first staged ida rubinstein s company in 1928. based on hans christian andersen s fairy tale ice-maiden. yet, in recreating tale, music composer igor stravinsky had changed eerie maiden fruitful muse, inverting andersen s original story in ice-maiden, disguised beautiful woman, attracts young men led death. in 1937 nijinska returned buenos aires reprise performance of le baiser de la fée @ stravinsky festival.

ballet choreography dance scenes in operas created teatro colón. nijinska worked compositions, e.g., mussorgsky, verdi, de falla, , wagner.

markova-dolin ballet in london: les biches

nijinska staged les biches in reprise performance markova-dolin ballet in 1937. in 1935 alicia markova had left vic-wells ballet company of ninette de valois in order form markova-dolin company (1935–1938), bronislava nijinsky chief choreographer. anton dolin, once dance partner of markova in diaghilev s company, later became choreographer american ballet theatre.

previously nijinska had given markova creative sessions in ballet, including instructions in choreographed dances. in particular taught markova work kiev autumn song. in 1953 markova danced ballet television.

ballet polonais in warsaw: concerto de chopin

chopin @ 28 -delacroix

in 1937 nijinska became artistic director , choreographer ballet polonais (polish ballet). created 5 new ballets company, including concerto de chopin. opening performance in paris, @ exposition internationale, ballet polonais awarded grand prix , nijinska grand prix choreography. company performed in london, berlin, , warsaw; toured many cities in germany , poland.

about chopin concerto (as later performed in 1944), critic edward denby wrote:

the structure of piece—like of of mme nijinska s work—is based on formal contrast: in background, rigid impersonal groups or clusters of dancers, seem have weight of statues; in foreground, rapid arrowy flights performed individual soloists. 1 appreciates flashes of lightness , freedom because of weight seem rise over, if constraints of group springboard soloist s release.