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Petrushka
Nijinski Petrouchka 3.jpg
Nijinsky as Petrushka
Choreographed byMikhail Fokine
Composed byIgor Stravinsky
Libretto byIgor Stravinsky
Alexandre Benois
Based onRussian folk material
Date of premiere13 June 1911
Place of premiereThéâtre du Chatelet
Paris
Original ballet companyBallets Russes
CharactersPetrushka
The Ballerina
The Moor
The Charlatan
Designs byAlexandre Benois
SettingAdmiralty Square
St. Petersburg
Shrovetide, 1830
Created forNijinsky
GenreBallet 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.

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