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Le Spectre de la rose
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Le Spectre de la rose (English: The Spirit of the Rose) is a short French ballet. It is about a young girl who dreams of dancing with the spirit of a souvenir rose from her first ball.[1] Jean-Louis Vaudoyer wrote the ballet story. He based it on a verse by Théophile Gautier.
Le Spectre de la rose | |
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![]() Karsavina and Nijinsky, 1911 | |
Choreographed by | Michel Fokine |
Composed by | Hector Berlioz's orchestration of Carl Maria von Weber's Aufforderung zum Tanz as L'Invitation à la Valse |
Libretto by | Jean-Louis Vaudoyer |
Based on | Théophile Gautier's poem "Le Spectre de la rose" |
Date of premiere | 19 April 1911 |
Place of premiere | Théâtre de Monte-Carlo |
Original ballet company | Diaghilev's Ballets Russes |
Characters | The Young Girl The Rose |
Designs by | Léon Bakst |
Setting | The Young Girl's Bedroom, about 1830 |
Created for | Tamara Karsavina Vaslav Nijinsky |
Genre | Fantasy |
Type | Neo-Classical ballet |
The dances were designed by Michel Fokine. The music is Hector Berlioz's 1841 orchestration of Carl Maria von Weber's piano music Aufforderung zum Tanz (English: Invitation to the Dance). Léon Bakst designed the original 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. It was a great success. Spectre became internationally famous for the leap (jump) Nijinsky made through a window at the ballet's end.