Le Specter de la Rose
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Le Specter de la Rose (German Der Geist der Rose ) is a one-act ballet choreographed by Michail Fokine for Ballets Russes based on music by Carl Maria von Weber and the libretto by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer .
action
A debutante returns home from the ball with a rose and falls asleep tired in an armchair. The rose falls to the ground. In the dream the spirit of the rose appears to the girl. He jumps through the window into her room and the two dance together. After the ghost has escaped again, the girl wakes up.
history
Michail Fokine's choreography is based on a choreographic poem by Théophile Gautier . For the music, Fokine chose Carl Maria von Weber's Invitation to Dance Op. 65 (J 260) , while Léon Bakst designed the set and costumes . The premiere of the play took place on April 19, 1911 in the theater of Monte Carlo . Tamara Karsawina and Vaslav Nijinsky danced the leading roles at the premiere . The grace and elegance of Nijinsky's leap through the window has been highlighted by many critics and is not considered to have been matched by any other interpreter of the role.
