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Serge de Diaghilew THURSDAY FEB 6th at 8.30 featuring the titles and principal dancers of the four pieces performed that evening starting with Polovtsienne Dances from <i>Prince Igor;</i> the 'Choreographic Tableau' <i>Le Spectre de la Rose</i>, the 'Ballet in Four Tableaux'<i> Petrouchka</i>, and the 'Choreographic Drama in one Act' <i>Thamar</i>.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Miles, J. & Co.","id":"AUTH333816"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x38483"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printed paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Dance","id":"THES252984"},{"text":"Posters","id":"THES252963"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2016JC2802"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES345246"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"posters","id":"AAT27221"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1913","earliest":"1913-01-01","latest":"1913-12-31"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Acquired with the support of the Friends of the V&A","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"76.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"whole object","note":"maximum height"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"51.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"The poster is printed with the name of the Lessee and Manager Mr. Frank Rendle and that The Russian Ballet 'Organised by Serge de Diaghjiew'is part of Thomas Beecham's Season.\n\n<i>The Polovtsienne Dances</i> from <i>Prince Igor</i> are credited with music by A. Borodin; and the names of the dancers Mme. Sophie Fedorova and M. Adolf Bolm.\n\n<i>Le Spectre de la Rose</i> is credited as a 'Choreographic Tableau from a poem by Th. Gautier' with music by C.M. Weber and the names of the dancers Mme. Tamar Karsavina and M. Nijinsky.\n\n<i>Petrouchka</i> is credited as a 'Ballet in Four Tableaux' with music by I. Stravinsky and the names of the dancers Mme. Tamar Karsavina, M. Nijinsky, Mm. Kotchetovsky and Ceccetti.\n\n<i>Thamar </i>is credited as a Choreographic Drama in One Act by M. L. Bakst with music by M. Balakirev and the names of the performers Mme. Tamar Karsavina and M. Adolf Bolm.\n\nThe prices of the Private Boxes, Orchestra Stalls, Grand Circle, Balcony Stalls, Amphitheatre Stalls and Gallery are given at the bottom of the poster, with a note that applications for tickets to be made at the box office from 10 to 10; the telephone numbers 463 and 464 Gerrard; that doors open half an hour before the performance commences, and the name of the printer Miles of Wardour Street.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster advertising the programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for the evening of Thursday February 6th, 1913 featuring Diaghilev's Ballets Russes performing Polovtsienne Dances from <i>Prince Igor,</i><i> Le Spectre de La Rose</i>, <i>Petrushka</i> (transliterated here as <i>Petrouchka</i>), and <i>Thamar.</i> Letterpress, printed in black and green by Miles, London","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[{"text":"Royal Opera House","id":"x45111"}],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Diaghilev, Serge","id":"N8123"},{"text":"Nijinsky, Vaslav","id":"N1294"},{"text":"Karsavina, Tamara Platonova","id":"N1230"},{"text":"Bolm, Adolph","id":"N1345"},{"text":"Bakst, Leon","id":"C6370"},{"text":"Cecchetti, Enrico","id":"N1189"},{"text":"Gautier, Theophile","id":"AUTH333827"},{"text":"Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich","id":"AUTH324503"},{"text":"Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich","id":"N4290"},{"text":"Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich","id":"AUTH333874"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.1711-2014"],"accessionNumberNum":"1711","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2014,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"","id":""},"number":""}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-16","recordCreationDate":"2015-01-05","availableToBook":true}}