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Le spectre de la rose
Year of production
2018
Le Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the Rose) is a short ballet about a young girl who dreams of dancing with the spirit of a souvenir rose from her first ball. Jean-Louis Vaudoyer based the ballet story on a verse by Théophile Gautier.
Michel Fokine choreographed the ballet to the music of Carl Maria von Weber’s piano piece Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitation to the Dance) as orchestrated by Hector Berlioz in 1841. Léon Bakst designed the original Biedermeier sets and costumes.
The ballet was first presented in Monte Carlo on 19 April 1911. Nijinsky danced The Rose and Tamara Karsavina danced The Young Girl. Spectre became internationally famous for the spectacular leap Nijinsky made through a window at the ballet’s end.
Choreography
Company
Collection
Year of production
2018
Performance
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris
Other
Jean-Louis Vaudoyer
