{"product_id":"25326-nijinsky-waslaw-gerschel-charles-original-photograph-in-debussy-s-jeux","title":"[Nijinsky, Waslaw. (1889-1950)] Gerschel, Charles. (1871 - 1948) Original Photograph in Debussy's \"Jeux\" (1913)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Charles Gerschel of Paris cabinet photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, performed by Serge Diaghilev's \u003cem\u003eBallets Russes\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Gerschel's photographs later published in the \u003cem\u003eComoedia Illustre\u003c\/em\u003e, 5th June 1913, and constituting, apart from some pastel drawings by Valentine Hugo, the only visual components of \u003cem\u003eJeux\u003c\/em\u003e's scanty choreographic record. Some markings and scratches from later publication to both recto and verso, pin holes to edges, else fine. 4.25 x 6.5 inches; 10.7 x 16.5 cm. Rare. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy, \u003ci\u003eJeux\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Games\") was comped for the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev to choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Conducted by Pierre Monteux, \u003ci\u003eJeux\u003c\/i\u003e was first performed on 15 May 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris and was not well received (and was soon eclipsed by Stravinsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Rite of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, which was premiered two weeks later by Diaghilev's company). Danced by Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina, and Ludmilla Schollar, the scenario of the ballet involves two girls and a boy who play, chase each other and embrace in the fantastical setting of a garden tennis court.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJeux\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in Paris in May at the grand opening of Gabriel Astruc's modern new theatre, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The set was a large grey-green garden, an open space—not intimate enough, Bronia [Nijinska] thought, for Nijinsky's subtle \u003ci\u003epas de trois \u003c\/i\u003ein which so much is implied or implicit. Bakst's costume designs were rejected at the last minute—for some reason he had planned to have Vaslav in a red wig and unflattering long shorts—so instead he wore a white version of his practice clothes while Jeanne Paquin designed the girls' white tennis dresses. Again, the dancers barely touched; again the theme of male innocence and female knowledge was repeated. This 'second instalment of Nijinsky's erotic autobiography [revealed] no less urgently than \u003ci\u003eFaune\u003c\/i\u003e, the power of desire, the ambiguity of sexual identity, and his aversion to intercourse itself.' \" (Lucy Moore: \u003ci\u003eNijinsky: A Life.\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62653622616223,"sku":"25326","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/NijinskyGerschelPhotographinDebussy_sJeux25326a.jpg?v=1769285166","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/25326-nijinsky-waslaw-gerschel-charles-original-photograph-in-debussy-s-jeux","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}