pherank Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 "Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets ... in collaboration with such artists as Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Léonide Massine and Vaslav Nijinsky." I know of these, but let me know about the 4 missing ballets (presumably post-1924) - Parade from 1917Le Tricorne from 1919Pulcinella from 1920L'Après-midi d'un Faune from 1922 (Picasso painted the backdrop to replace the original version)Le Train Bleu from 1924Mercure from 1924 (backdrop and libretto)Below are some short sections from Parade, 1917Libretto: Jean CocteauMusic: Erik SatieCostumes and Stage Designs: Pablo PicassoChoreography: Leonide MassineThe Chinese Conjurer solo (danced by Gary Chryst) appears in two films:The Joffrey Ballet | American Masters The Ballet Russes documentaryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0U5-dLujYRome Opera Ballet, Two Acrobats segment from Parade:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COA1bIYKqXAThe Two Acrobats (danced by Mario Marozzi and Simona Onidi):http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYJfJG92bsParade footage from "Picasso and Dance/Europa Dance" -Dancing Cubist sculptures, Chinese Conjurer, the Little American Girlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chq1Ty0nyEDancing Cubist horse "solo":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u1pK_m05x8Footage from Parade revival at Expo Danse la Vie à Beaubourg 2012:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUM-7ABYbDsIn this gala footage, Parade segment appears at 1:20 sec. There is dancing Cubist sculpture, Chinese Conjurer, American Girl, Horse footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNyZv8ZvvPMPicasso's costume for "The Managers": Link to comment
pherank Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Le Train Bleu Le Train Bleu - POB: Elisabeth Maurin, Nicolas Le Riche Picasso's front cloth design: Le TricorneQuick glimpse of Picasso's costumes in Australian Museum:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94Dz5NEROgSome of Massine's choreography - José Martinez:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzRTMoZ1i0g Patrick Dupond:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cpAMrFfEF4 Link to comment
pherank Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Picasso's Mercure Tapestry: http://artnerdnewyork.tumblr.com/post/1211069647/picassos-mercure-tapestry Link to comment
pherank Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 I'm reviving this old thread just because I see there is some recent video of a Parade performance by Europa Danse (apparently using the Joffrey Ballet's restoration of Parade as a model): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Chq1Ty0nyE&feature=youtu.be Link to comment
Quiggin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Thanks, pherank, for pulling this all together in one place. In addition to the curtain, Picaaso did the sets and costumes for Mercure which were as important for his painting - in scale and razzle dazzle motif - as the costume constructions of Parade were for his sculpture work. Ballet in the early twenties was Picassos's R&D studio (:Elizabeth Cowling). John Richardson, P's biographer, says Mercure was full of in-jokes. The Three Graces, men in drag, are supposed to be Auric, Poulenc and Laloy - and there are other digs at Paul Poiret, Diaghilev, and Cyril Beaumont. Mercure steals the pearls of the Graces who represent Wagner's Rhine maidens - Wanger one of Satie's bete noirs acc to Richardson. Picasso filled three notebooks with sketches for the ballet which was only eight minutes long, Massine's choreography radical and abstract. Two images from Picasso Museum in Barcelona - Mercure, Danse of the Three Graces and Cerberus, 1924 http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/exhibitions/temporals/objectes-vius/ambits.html#7 Still-life with Guitar, Juan-les-Pins, 1924 Concurrent with Mercure "Picasso painted a series of still-lives where a restricted dramatis personae of objects (musical instruments, bottles and bowls) are presented like actors on stage-like tables, often in front of outdoor backdrops." http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/exhibitions/temporals/objectes-vius/ambits.html#8 Another Mercure-derived painting. "The raked floor suggests a stage; the space between the table legs recalls a orchestra pit or prompter's box." Cowling / Jean Boggs http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/3441 Link to comment
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