Les Noces

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Les Noces is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet set to Igor Stravinsky’s choral score, renowned for its stark, ritualistic depiction of a Russian peasant wedding and its innovative, geometric choreography.

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Les Noces canonical 2
The Wedding (Les Noces) designs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet ⓘ
artisticDirectorAtPremiere Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ
balletCompanyAssociated Ballets Russes ⓘ
basedOn Russian folk wedding texts ⓘ
choreographer Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ
composer Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1914–1923 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
depicts community participation in marriage rites ⓘ
wedding rituals ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Paris ⓘ
genre ballet ⓘ
choral ballet ⓘ
modernist music ⓘ
hasChoralText Old Russian and folk-inspired verses ⓘ
influenced 20th-century ballet ⓘ
neoclassical ballet repertoire ⓘ
languageOfText Russian ⓘ
librettist Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
notableFor complex rhythmic structures ⓘ
innovative use of percussion and pianos instead of full orchestra ⓘ
stark, ritualistic depiction of marriage ⓘ
numberOfTableaux 4 ⓘ
orchestrationType percussion, pianos, and voices ⓘ
originalChoreographyBy Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ
originalCostumeDesigner Natalia Goncharova ⓘ
originalDesignsBy Natalia Goncharova ⓘ
originalSetDesigner Natalia Goncharova ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premiereCompany Ballets Russes ⓘ
premiereDate 1923-06-13 ⓘ
premierePlace Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris ⓘ
sceneTitle The Blessing of the Bride ⓘ
The Blessing of the Bridegroom ⓘ
The Departure of the Bride ⓘ
The Wedding Feast ⓘ
scoring four pianos ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
setting rural Russia ⓘ
structure four scenes ⓘ
style austere ⓘ
geometric choreography ⓘ
ritualistic ⓘ
subject Russian peasant wedding ⓘ
title Les Noces ⓘ
translatedTitle The Wedding ⓘ

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Bronislava Nijinska → notableWork → Les Noces ⓘ
Natalia Goncharova → notableWork → The Wedding (Les Noces) designs ⓘ
linked to: Les Noces
Les Noces → title → Les Noces ⓘ