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Le rêve

Title
Le rêve [graphic].
Author
Mucha, Alphonse, 1860-1939.
Publication
[1890]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Muc A Rev 1-3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description
3 prints : lithograph, color; 29 x 20 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Full-length portrayals of the dancers Rosita Mauri, Mlle. Lobstein, and Mlle. G. Ottolini in costume for Joseph Hansen's ballet Le rêve.
Uniform Title
Costume au théâtre et à la ville.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Lithographs.
Note
  • The images of Mlle. Mauri and Mlle. Lobstein are signed: Mucha.
Biography (note)
  • Le rêve (choreography, Joseph Hansen; music, Léon Gustave Cyprien Gastinel; scenario, Édouard Blau; scenery, Jean Baptiste Lavastre and Carpezat; costumes, Charles Bianchini) was first performed at the Paris Opéra in 1890. It was set in sixteenth-century Japan, and the Japanese-style decorative motifs on the dancers' costumes suggest an attempt to infuse a note of local color into the ballet. Rosita Mauri performed the leading role of Daïta, while Mlles. Lobstein and Ottolini played "Déesses des Flots-Bleus."
  • These images appeared in the Parisian bimonthly periodical Le costume au théâtre et à la ville, 4ème année, no. 12. The print of Mauri was labeled with her role, Daïta, as well as her name and the ballet's title. The Czech-born artist Alphonse Mucha, whose name is today most often associated with the style known as Art Nouveau, began to produce magazine and advertising illustrations soon after moving to Paris in 1887 to pursue his study of art.
Call Number
*MGZFX Muc A Rev 1-3
OCLC
825122116
Author
Mucha, Alphonse, 1860-1939.
Title
Le rêve [graphic].
Imprint
[1890]
Biography
Le rêve (choreography, Joseph Hansen; music, Léon Gustave Cyprien Gastinel; scenario, Édouard Blau; scenery, Jean Baptiste Lavastre and Carpezat; costumes, Charles Bianchini) was first performed at the Paris Opéra in 1890. It was set in sixteenth-century Japan, and the Japanese-style decorative motifs on the dancers' costumes suggest an attempt to infuse a note of local color into the ballet. Rosita Mauri performed the leading role of Daïta, while Mlles. Lobstein and Ottolini played "Déesses des Flots-Bleus."
These images appeared in the Parisian bimonthly periodical Le costume au théâtre et à la ville, 4ème année, no. 12. The print of Mauri was labeled with her role, Daïta, as well as her name and the ballet's title. The Czech-born artist Alphonse Mucha, whose name is today most often associated with the style known as Art Nouveau, began to produce magazine and advertising illustrations soon after moving to Paris in 1887 to pursue his study of art.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Library's copy of the image of Rosita Mauri has been trimmed at right.
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Added Title
Costume au théâtre et à la ville.
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Muc A Rev 1-3
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