| Repository | University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | AHG/7/2/7/5 |
| Creator Name | Ann Hutchinson Guest and the Language of Dance Centre, London |
| Title | [Ann Hutchinson Guest] Photocopies of extracts from published books about about Vaslav Nijinsky's dance "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune" |
| Date | 20th Century |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Description | The file contains photocopies of extracts from published books about Vaslav Nijinsky's dance "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune". Photocopies made late-20th Century. Some of the photocopies are annotated; annotations made late-20th Century.
Contains extracts from the following books:
- A book by [Jennifer?] Dunning [the title of the book and the author's full name are not given]; published late-20th Century.
- A book about Nijinsky and Cecchetti [the title of the book and the author's name are not given]; published mid- to late-20th Century.
- "Nijinsky" by [Vera] Krasovskaya; published 1979.
- "The Russian Ballet" by AE Johnson; published by Constable and Co. Ltd., London, 1913.
- "Die Schaubühne" journal, edited by Siegfried Jacobsohn. Extracts taken from issues published in 1912 and 1914. (These extracts are in German.)
- "Prosa III" [author's name not given]; published c1952. (This extract is in German.)
- "Dancing for Diaghilev" by Lydia Sokolova; published 1960.
- A section titled "Russisches Ballett" from a book written in German [the name of the author and title of the book are not given]; published c1917.
- Published letters (dated 1912-1918) from a book written in German [the name of the author and title of the book are not given]; book published c1960s.
- "Kurt Tucholsky, Gesammelte Werke", edited by Mary Gerold Tucholsky; published c1961. This book is in German.
- "Nijinsky Dancing" by L Kirstein; published c1975.
- "Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs", translated and edited by Irina Nijinska and Jean Rawlinson; published by Faber and Faber, London and Boston, [USA], c1982.
- "The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky"; published 20th Century.
- A book about Nijinsky [full title not given] by Françoise Reiss; published c1960.
- "Diaghilev Observed" by Nesta MacDonald; published c1975.
- A book by [Richard?] Buckle [the title of the book and the author's full name are not given]; published c1971.
- "Distant Dances" by Sono Osato; published c1980.
- "Diaghilev's Ballets Russes" by Lynn Garafola; published c1989.
- "El Arte del Ballet en el Teatro Colon" by Julio F Riobó and Carlos Cucullu; published by Corletta and Castro, Buenos Aires, [Argentina], 1945. (This book is in Spanish.)
- "Nijinsky and Romola: Two Lives from Birth to Death Indissolubly Linked" by T Nijinsky; published c1986.
Also includes:
- Published book "Die Welt der Ballets Russes" ["The World of Ballets Russes"]; published by Staatsoper Unter den Linden ["Berlin State Opera"], 1996. Also includes a programme for performances of "Die Welt der Ballets Russes", performed by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 1996-1997; programme created 1996. ("Die Welt der Ballets Russes" included a performance of "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune".) The book and the programme are in German.
- A photocopy of part of a dance score (not in Labanotation) [perhaps part of Nijinsky's dance score for "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune"?] Score written c20th Century; photocopy made late-20th Century.
- Photocopies of bibliographies of books about Vaslav Nijinsky. Bibliograhpies written c1980s; photocopies made c1980s. |
| Language | English, German and Spanish. |
| Administrative History | [A Labanotated score of the ballet "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune", choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, and edited by Ann Hutchinson Guest, was published by Gordon and Breach in 1991.] |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Copyright to be determined. |