Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
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Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is a short, dramatic ballet choreographed by Roland Petit to a scenario by Jean Cocteau, depicting a young man's fatal encounter with a personification of Death.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet
ⓘ
dramatic ballet ⓘ short ballet ⓘ |
| choreographer | Roland Petit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographerNationality | French ⓘ |
| choreographicStyle |
dramatic
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neo-classical ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Karinska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| createdForDancer | Jean Babilée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | short ⓘ |
| ending | suicide of the young man ⓘ |
| genre | expressionist ballet ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War II Paris ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Death
NERFINISHED
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young man ⓘ |
| musicArrangementBy | André Girard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicUsed |
Johann Sebastian Bach
NERFINISHED
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Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | fatal encounter with Death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of theatre and ballet
ⓘ
iconic role for male dancers ⓘ intense psychological drama ⓘ |
| notableRevivalCompany |
American Ballet Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Bolshoi Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Opera Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalCompany | Les Ballets des Champs-Élysées NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFemaleLead | Natalia (Zizi) Jeanmaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMaleLead | Jean Babilée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1946-06-25 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scenarioBy | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scenarioWriterNationality | French ⓘ |
| setDesigner | Georges Wakhévitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Parisian garret ⓘ |
| structure | one-act ballet ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | personification of Death ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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existentialism ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Young Man and Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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