Daphnis

Costume for Anton Dolin as Daphnis in the revised production of Mikhail Fokine's production of Daphnis et Chloe to music by Maurice Ravel, first performed at Monte Carlo, 1 January 1924. It appears that the original1912 production re-used Narcisse's costume for Daphnis, giving the need for a new costume for the revival. This is a 1920s 'art deco' interpretation of the original costume. The new production reused costumes from 1911, designed by Bakst, although Chloe now wore the 1913 revised costume originally created for Likenion. Narcisse , described as a mythological poem in one act, was the first ballet with a classical Greek subject and was hurriedly mounted when Maurice Ravel failed to c

Costume design · Monte Carlo · 1924. Pencil and watercolour. By Juan Gris. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.