DANCE 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mariinsky Ballet, Bronislava Nijinska, Léonide Massine
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Choreographer: nijinsky: took the prettiness out of classical ballet > raw, afternoon of the faune (1912, flow is bound to build tension, rite of spring (1913, composer: stravinsky, maiden dances to death, ensures a good harvest. Choreographer: leonide massine: used modern sounds like a type writer, parade (1917, composer: satie and libretto cocteau, designer: picasso. Russian revolution (1917: same time as massine"s parade, diaghilev could no longer get dancers from russia. Choreographer: bronislava nijinska: les noces (1923, composer: stravinsky, used dancers as sets like architecture, geometric design, girl going to be wed to a stranger.
