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Title: LE CARNAVAL

Reference number: 11287

Date: 1982, November

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 31.00 mins

Description: A recording of 'Le Carnaval', performed by The Scottish Ballet and recorded at Dundee Rep Theatre in November 1982. ‘Fokine’s great masterpiece, Le Carnaval, a delightful set of dances set to Schumann’s piano suite.' [Scottish Theatre Archive SB 11/39e]

First performance 5 March 1910 in St Petersburg by Nijinsky and Karsavina

Le Carnaval has been recorded in Benesh Movement Notation by Bronwen Curry.

Please note this is a copy of the raw capture of the original analogue video for preservation and as such may display defects such as dropout, washed out colour and sound fluctuation.

Credits: [Music: Robert Schumann
Choreography: Mikhail Fokine
Design: after Bakst]

Shotlist: Performance: 00.26-30.14

[The curtain call is not recorded. Following the performance, the tape contains audio of various adverts and jingles]