Petrushka | |
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Choreographed by | Mikhail Fokine |
Composed by | Igor Stravinsky |
Libretto by | Igor Stravinsky Alexandre Benois |
Based on | Russian folk material |
Date of premiere | 13 June 1911 |
Place of premiere | Théâtre du Chatelet Paris |
Original ballet company | Ballets Russes |
Characters | Petrushka The Ballerina The Moor The Charlatan |
Designs by | Alexandre Benois |
Setting | Admiralty Square St. Petersburg Shrovetide, 1830 |
Created for | Nijinsky |
Genre | Ballet burlesque |
Petrushka is a ballet burlesque in four scenes. Alexandre Benois and Igor Stravinsky wrote the story of the ballet. Igor Stravinsky wrote the music. Michel Fokine choreographed the work (designed the dances). Benois designed the sets and costumes. Petrushka was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on 13 June 1911. Nijinsky played Petrushka, and Tamara Karsavina played The Ballerina. Alexandre Orlov played The Moor, and Enrico Cecchetti played The Charlatan.