Research Catalog
[Costume designs for ballet]
- Title
- [Costume designs for ballet] [graphic] / Farmer.
- Author
- Farmer, Peter.
- Publication
- [1966-1967?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGE Far P Cos 1-2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 drawing : ink, b&w; 51 x 26 cm.
- 1 drawing : crayon, gouache, b&w ;
- Summary
- Costume designs for female dancers. A design dated [19]66 is for a fairy, possibly the leading role of Titania, in Frederick Ashton's The dream, a ballet based on William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream. A design for an unidentified ballet, labeled [19]67 [?] , depicts a female dancer in a tight-fitting low-cut bodice with long full sleeves, and tight breeches or leggings ending at the knee.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Gage Bush Englund.
- Biography (note)
- The dream (choreography, Frederick Ashton; music, Felix Mendelssohn) was first presented by the Royal Ballet in 1964 with scenery by Henry Bardon and costumes by David Walker. Peter Farmer designed new costumes and scenery for a production by the Royal Ballet touring section in 1966, and these designs were adopted by the Royal Ballet from Dec. 1971 to Feb. 1974.
- Call Number
- *MGZGE Far P Cos 1-2
- OCLC
- 824738839
- Author
- Farmer, Peter.
- Title
- [Costume designs for ballet] [graphic] / Farmer.
- Imprint
- [1966-1967?]
- Biography
- The dream (choreography, Frederick Ashton; music, Felix Mendelssohn) was first presented by the Royal Ballet in 1964 with scenery by Henry Bardon and costumes by David Walker. Peter Farmer designed new costumes and scenery for a production by the Royal Ballet touring section in 1966, and these designs were adopted by the Royal Ballet from Dec. 1971 to Feb. 1974.
- Local Note
- For Peter Farmer's costume design for the character Oberon in The dream, see: *MGZGB Far P Dre 1.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Gage Bush Englund.
- Added Author
- Bush, Gage. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGE Far P Cos 1-2