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[Costume designs for ballet]

Title
[Costume designs for ballet] [graphic] / Farmer.
Author
Farmer, Peter.
Publication
[1964-1969]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZGE Far P Cos 3-5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
Description
  • 1 painting on cardboard : gouache, color; 40 x 20 cm.
  • 1 painting : gouache, crayon, color ;
  • 1 painting : watercolor, gouache, color ;
Summary
Costume designs for the ballets Giselle, Coppélia, and The sleeping beauty. The costume design for Giselle depicts a female dancer in the peasant garb of Act I. The design for Coppélia depicts the Chinese doll in Act II. The design for The sleeping beauty depicts two identically dressed nursemaids, who appear in the ballet's prologue, the christening of Princess Aurora.
Donor/Sponsor
Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Costume design drawings.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Signed.
  • Two paintings are dated.
Funding (note)
  • Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biography (note)
  • Peter Farmer, a stage designer born in Luton, England, has designed multiple productions of many classical ballets for many different dance companies, creating some difficulty in linking the designs in this collection to specific productions. Additionally, there is no confirmation that these designs were actually used. The design for Giselle, labeled "idea" and dated [19]64, was probably created for the revival of Joyce Graeme's staging for Ballet Rambert in 1965. The Coppélia design, though dated [19]69, may have been done for Jack Carter's staging for London Festival Ballet in 1968. The design for the nursemaids in The sleeping beauty is labeled on the verso as the Stuttgart production, but at present this production cannot be identified.
Call Number
*MGZGE Far P Cos 3-5
OCLC
824745354
Author
Farmer, Peter.
Title
[Costume designs for ballet] [graphic] / Farmer.
Imprint
[1964-1969]
Funding
Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biography
Peter Farmer, a stage designer born in Luton, England, has designed multiple productions of many classical ballets for many different dance companies, creating some difficulty in linking the designs in this collection to specific productions. Additionally, there is no confirmation that these designs were actually used. The design for Giselle, labeled "idea" and dated [19]64, was probably created for the revival of Joyce Graeme's staging for Ballet Rambert in 1965. The Coppélia design, though dated [19]69, may have been done for Jack Carter's staging for London Festival Ballet in 1968. The design for the nursemaids in The sleeping beauty is labeled on the verso as the Stuttgart production, but at present this production cannot be identified.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Added Author
Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
Research Call Number
*MGZGE Far P Cos 3-5
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