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| Keywords: The Fairy Doll 01 by L.Bakst.jpg mperial Ballet costume design by Leon Bakst for The French Doll in the ballet 'The Fairy Doll ' St Petersburg 1903 The only ballet produced by the Legat brothers both soloists with the Imperial Ballet was a retake on the old Viennese work of the same name In structure it was akin to 2-act ballets like Giselle just shorter with a realistic first scene toyshop and a fantastic second dolls come alive The action was fashionably shifted from Vienna to Petersburgs Nevsky Prospekt Additional music was taken from Cesare Pugni for the polka variation of the French Doll and perhaps less obvious from the American Moreau-Gottschalk for the Negro duet However the piece that would prove most resilient to time was Riccardo Drigo's especially composed Pas de Trois for the eponymous doll and two pierrots The Legat brothers created this comical trio in which the pierrots play suitor to the ballerina-doll for themselves and Matilda Kschessinskaya http //www flickr com/photos/faun070/6111193455/ 1903 Bakst PD-Art Fairy Doll Bakst Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Theatrical costumes by Leon Bakst | ||||
