Portrait of Vaslav Nijinsky in three-quarter profile, left fist clenched before him in the title role of Petrouchka (a rag doll), 1910-1911.
Petrouchka (Choreographic work: Michel Fokine); uncredited photographer on source | src NYPL
By Petrouchka Alexieva
Castle on the Shore
Building a cattle together
Every summer on the shore.
Now, we are adults
With two kinds
– a son and a daughter,
Having a home on the beach.
It is Monday
I am happy to start on Monday -
Very new and passionate me -
With new pulse and new hopes in my pocket.
I have one for each day of the week.
I am light and very much innocent,
Thinking fresh and…
En mai 1909, Serge Diaghilev stupéfia le monde de la danse avec les premières représentations parisiennes de ses ballets, combinaison sans précédent de grâce et de vitalité, d’originalité et de raffinement technique. Monte-Carlo, qui fut pour Diaghilev un important centre d’activités pendant l’existence de la compagnie connue sous le nom de Ballets russes, célèbre ce centenaire par une grande exposition comptant plus de 300 oeuvres d’art ayant trait aux Saisons russes de 1909 à 1929.
L’exposition s’accompagne d’un catalogue entièrement illustré auquel ont contribué les plus grands spécialistes de l’histoire du ballet et des arts visuels russes.
Les productions légendaires du Pavillon d’Armide, de Cléopâtre, de Schéhérazade, du Sacre du printemps de Petrouchka, de Parade et de bien d’autres ballets revivent à travers des projets de décors, des costumes, des tableaux, des sculptures, des photographies, des éditions de luxe, des programmes et des objets de culture matérielle.
Les oeuvres d’art proviennent d’une grande variété de collections publiques et privées, nationales et internationales, telle la collection Fokine du Musée du théâtre de Saint-Pétersbourg. Les créations scéniques de Diaghilev s’accompagnent d’un nombre important de tableaux, de dessins et d’autres objets contextuels qui ont caractérisé la renaissance culturelle russe dans les premières décennies du XXe siècle.
L’exposition et son catalogue s’inscrivent dans une plus vaste série de manifestations ayant trait à l’activité de Diaghilev à Monte-Carlo et à Moscou, comprenant des spectacles de ballet, des films, des conférences et un colloque international.
3: Benois, Alexandre. Costume Design for Petrushka. Drawing. MaryAnn Adair's 'Is it art' Blog. I Basically...can you tell me..is it art? I Page 29. 1910s. https://i0.wp.com/maryannadair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Alexandre-Benois-costume-design-for-Petrushka.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1
4: Liepa, Andris (as Petrushka). Stravinsky- Petrushka (Bolshoi Ballet Russe Film). Youtube video thumbnail. YouTube. 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVXkBIWmQQs
5: Nijinsky as Petrushka. Photograph. Bridgeman Images. 1911. https://images.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600.XLE.17937730.7055475/3770792.jpg
6: Benois, Alexandre. Petrushka. Costume design for Vatslav Nijinsky. Drawing. Early Twentieth-Century Russian Drama. 1911. https://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Drama/plays/playimages/costume-44.jpg
7: Barbier, Georges. Petroushka. Painting. BBC Radio 3. 20th century. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008x567/p01sxpql.jpg
8: Zemlianichenko, Alexander. Ballet dancers perform during a dress rehearsal of the Petrushka ballet by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Photograph. Texas Public Radio. 2017. https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8bdc599/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1700x1151+0+0/resize/1760x1192!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fd279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net%2Fwp%2F2017%2F03%2F0309_ballet.jpg
9: Crickmay, Anthony. Rudolf Nureyev as Petrushka. Photograh. Victoria and Albert Museum. 1975. https://www.vandaimages.com/media/1000rh0060-Rudolf-Nureyev-in-Igor-Stravinskys-Petrushka-at.jpg
10: Lepape, Georges. Petrouchka: Nijinsky. Gouache. Artnet. n. d. https://www.artnet.com/artists/georges-lepape/petrouchka-nijinsky-LKwphdzbrwdlmzL8Js4liw2
11: Nureyev Dancing in Petrushka. Photograph. The Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. https://nureyev.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/petrouchka1.jpg
Thanks for the tag @elisacifuentes & @except4bunnies!! (And sorry this took forever, I was working crazy hours and then recovering from working those crazy hours haha) So, I was tagged to list 10 songs with a name in the title, here ya go 🌞
La goffa Lolita - la petite culotte
Dans les yeux d’Émilie - Joe Dassin; at uni this is a song during which you pour out water over tables and then hit the tables, which is how everyone ends up soaked
Aline - Christophe; I’m just back from teaching at a children’s overnight language camp and these first three were part of the party playlist which is why they're quite different from the rest
hey anna - Maël & Jonas
Kleopatra - Freude; such a banger!!
Alrighty Aphrodite - Peach Pit; does that count? I’m choosing to think it does
matthew - Elijah Woods
Petrouchka - Soso Maness & PLK
Malika - DSYTINCT; OK so technically here he uses Malika to mean queen but seeing as it’s also a name I just ran with it.
Vaslav Nijinsky as the Rag Doll 'Petrouchka' (1911). Petrushka [French: Petrouchka], Theatre du Chatelet , 1911 by Elliott & Fry (top) and Mishkin (bottom)
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Petrushka (1911) : choreography by Michel Fokine music by Igor Stravinsky costume and scenery design by Alexandre Benois
src Leo Boudreau, visit his site for more info about Petrouchka and links to the ballet's videos & Library of Congress
i wish i could do one of those like hyper-specific really immersive au fics but i think the only one i know well enough to pull off is the ~cutthroat~ world of symphony orchestras. daniel is a silly but excellent percussionist max is their star little prodigy trumpet player and they bust out like everything for him in his first season with them.
the fuckin mahler 5, petrouchka, the hummel trumpet concerto. like the programming is a MESS because they’re literally falling over themselves to give max as much spotlight as possible because people are coming in droves to see the new superstar.
except daniel used to be kind of the “star” of the orchestra like he gained a lot of traction with younger audiences because he was cool and he had friends in popular bands and he sometimes guested at their shows like very “oh dropping by the local warped tour stop and gonna hop onstage with my friends and maybe swap in for a song or too while i’m there” kind of shit.
but then max came. and daniel was performing JUST as well as he always was, better than ever even, but max came. and this season’s program is tough on the percussion he’s covering, too! it’s challenging rep for him too!!!! hello!!! but he’s being overshadowed by max and also max’s dad is always backstage? just like- hanging out? what the fuck is that even about. that kid is STRANGE and tbh daniel resents him a little.
and then they meet. they like have practice rooms next to each other idk idk! but shit, daniel is charmed by max instantly. and they hit it off. and they keep practicing next to each other until it’s less practicing more flirting and possibly things that should never be done in practice rooms because that would be very inappropriate and irresponsible
By Petrouchka Alexieva
Quilt of Life
(To Mom and Dad)
“Please, stay. Let’s make this life together!”
My father said to my mom in the morning.
This is what life is, a colorful quilt –
In size that we can make it by choice.
Every piece has its story; every color is a season of love,
Happiness or some sorrows, and disappointments
When something doesn’t fit perfectly on the corners,
But it can be…