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The ballet  choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Henri Sauguet with modernist designs 'Architecture and sculpture constructed' by Gabo and Pevsner.\n \nÆsop’s fable tells of a young mans love for a cat, which had been transformed by Aphrodite into a human. To test the cat/woman’s love Aphrodite sends a mouse which becomes more fascinating to the woman than the man with the result that she is returned to her feline form. \n\nLa Chatte was first performed by the Ballets Russes on 30 April 1927 at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, Monaco and received its final performance by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes on 28 July 1929 at the Kursaal, Ostend. It was first performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 14 June 1927 at the Prince’s Theatre, London.\r\n\nThis photograph was taken by Angelo as one of a series of studio photographs of Lifar as the Young Man in La Chatte during the tour by the Ballets Russes to Budapest, Hungary in November-December 1927. Angelo/Pál Funk born Pál Pinkász (1894-1974) was a significant photographer, cinematographer and fashion designer. He worked with a range of European photographers including Reutlinger, Marcus Adams and Hoppe. 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