Objects

Page spread from a ballet program showing a stage scene of with a group of female dancers in long, flowing dresses attracting the attention of Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun. Border at top and bottom show a row of dancers in a repeating pattern of poses.

Publication Collection: "Comoedia Illustré" and Ballet Programs

Statuette of a bearded male figure dancing with one leg raised and arms elevated.

Statuette: Dancing Satyr

Statuette of a bearded male figure with prominently pointed ears, kneeling in an exaggerated ithyphallic pose with one hand at eyebrow level.

Statuette: Satyr

Photograph in a painterly style depicting a man wearing an animal print leotard, lying down on a rock and playing a musical pipe.

Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style depicting a man wearing an animal print leotard, strutting towards a woman in a long, flowing dress.

Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky and Lubov Tchernicheva in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style depicting a woman rejecting the attention of a man wearing an animal print leotard as he walks toward her.

Photograph: Lubov Tchernicheva and Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style depicting two women wearing long, sleeveless dresses and a man wearing an animal print leotard. The man bids goodbye to one woman whose back is to the camera while the other woman drags her away by the arm.

Photograph: Unidentified Dancer, Lubov Tchernicheva, and Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style of a woman in a long sleeveless dress and a man in an animal print leotard, interlocking elbows while staring into each others eyes.

Photograph: Lubov Tchernicheva and Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style depicting a man wearing an animal print leotard lying, on his front on a flat rock.

Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Relief of a man and a woman dancing, facing each other while arching backwards, with small trees in the background. The man is nude, but for a lion skin. The woman wears a long, sleeveless dress.

Plaque: Satyr and Maenad

Terracotta relief of a man and woman dancing. The woman wears a long, sleeveless dress and has a snake coiled around her arm. The man is nude but for a lion skin. He spills wine from a jug into a leopard's mouth and holds or gestures to a tall plant stalk with a few large leaves, two fabric bows tied to it, and a pinecone on top.

Plaque: Satyr and Maenad

Orange and black illustration from a book of poems. Print depicts a man and a woman dancing with a small fawn and a few birds in a tree nearby. Style recalls black figure painted pottery.

Publication: Album Dedicated to Tamar Karsavina

Two views (front and back) of a tapered red-and black vase. One view depicts a robed male figure with a lyre and an offering bowl facing a robed female figure with a bow and arrows and a flask. An altar is between them. The other view shows a bearded male figure with a long staff and a wine jar facing a female figure with a leopard-print outer garment. She holds up a snake toward the male.

Amphora: Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus and Maenad

Statuette of a dancing, curly-haired youth with arms raised. He wears a short, sleeveless tunic that is belted or tied at the waist and that leaves his knees bare.

Statuette: Dancing Youth

Photograph of a man dancing with hands raised above his head. He wears a short, sleeveless tunic that is tied at the waist and that leaves his knees bare.

Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky in Narcisse

Photograph of a man wearing a short, sleeveless tunic that is tied at the waist and that leaves his knees bare. His head is turned to the left, with one arm resting on a shoulder-height bar and the other hand gripping it in his fist.

Photograph: Michel Fokine in Daphnis et Chloé

Photograph of three poses of the same man. He wears a short, sleeveless tunic that is belted at the waist and that leaves his knees bare. In two of the photographs, he poses with a lute as prop.

Photograph: Serge Lifar in Apollon Musagète

Photograph of multiple dancers on a stage. A male dancer wearing a short, sleeveless tunic stands at the top of a mountain, reaching his arm up toward a chariot on a cloud that is pulled by four horses. Below and behind him are three female dancers with sleeveless short dresses, gesturing toward him. On the stage floor below, are two more women wearing long tutus with sleeveless bodices.

Photograph: Serge Lifar, Alexandra Danilova, Felia Doubrovska, and Lubov Tchernicheva in Apollon Musagète

Photograph of a male dancer wearing a short, sleeveless tunic. He crouches on one knee, supporting a ballerina wearing a short sleeveless dress in a horizontal pose on his back.

Photograph: Serge Lifar and Alice Nikitina in Apollon Musagète

Photograph of three ballerinas in an arabesque pose before a male dancer with his arms extended.

Photograph: Serge Lifar, Alexandra Danilova, Felia Doubrovska, and Lubov Tchernicheva in Apollon Musagète

Handwritten musical score on paper with printed musical staff. At the top is written: Apollon - Musagete: Ballet in deux tableaux. Premier Tableaux (Prologue). Naissance d'Apollon. Igor Stravinsky, 1927.

Score: "Apollon Musagète, for Piano"