Scene design for Act II with Flying Wilis in Giselle
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Artist: Alexandre Benois, Russian, 1870-1960
Year
1910
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Media/Materials
Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.103.23
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Theatre production
Ballet with music by Adolphe Adam and choreography by Michel Fokine after Jean Coralli, Marius Petipa, and Jules Perrot. Revived by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Paris, 1910. Principal dancers included Tamara Karsavina as Giselle and Vaslav Nijinsky as Albrecht.
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© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
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