Tamara Geva, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alice Nikitina, Alexandra Danilova & Serge Lifar in "La Pastorale."
The ballet La Pastorale was a choreographic invention of the young George Balanchine - a failure in Paris but a success in London, following some doctoring by Diaghilev. With a commissioned score by George Auric, designs by Pedro Pruna and libretto by Boris Kochno, its première took place on May 29, 1926 at Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris. It had a Hollywood movie theme and Balanchine’s choreography had a male lead in the role of a telegraph boy ride on stage on his bicycle.
This photograph shows several of the principal dancers, Tamara Geva, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alice Nikitina, and Alexandra Danilova, with Serge Lifar (as the Telegraph Boy) in front. [Harvard College Library]
Tamara Geva, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alice Nikitina, Alexandra Danilova & Serge Lifar in "La Pastorale."
The ballet La Pastorale was a choreographic invention of the young George Balanchine - a failure in Paris but a success in London, following some doctoring by Diaghilev. With a commissioned score by George Auric, designs by Pedro Pruna and libretto by Boris Kochno, its première took place on May 29, 1926 at Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris. It had a Hollywood movie theme and Balanchine’s choreography had a male lead in the role of a telegraph boy ride on stage on his bicycle.
This photograph shows several of the principal dancers, Tamara Geva, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alice Nikitina, and Alexandra Danilova, with Serge Lifar (as the Telegraph Boy) in front. [Harvard College Library]