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Author Guest, Ann Hutchinson.

Title Nijinsky's Faune restored : a study of Vaslav Nijinsky's 1915 dance score : L'après-midi d'un faune and his dance notation system : revealed, translated into labanotation and annotated / by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Claudia Jeschke
Published Philadelphia : Gordon and Breach, [1991]
©1991

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 MELB  792.82092 Nijins Jes/Nfr  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Series The Language of dance series, 0880-1286 ; no. 3
Language of dance series ; no. 3
Contents Historical background Nijinsky's prduction -- Notes study and performance notes : introduction to the overall style -- Details on movement style and usage -- Casting -- Description of the dance Labanotation -- Glossary -- Introduction to the Labanotation -- Score photographs and sketches of Nijinsky's Faune -- The choreographic score of Nijinsky's Après-midi d'un Faune -- An explanation of Vaslav Nijinsky's system of dance notation -- Appendix A : Chronology of Nijinsky's performances in the Rôle of Faune Appendix B : Chronology of Nijinsky's notation experience -- Appendix C : Nijinsky's word notes -- Appendix D : Teaching notes -- Appendix E : Transcription -- adjustments made -- Appendix F : Nijinsky's Faune ; Nijinsky's notation system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-197) and index
Subject Nijinsky, Vaslaw, 1890-1950.
SUBJECT Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97820137
Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97827128
Subject Dance notation.
Labanotation.
Movement notation.
Author Jeschke, Claudia.
LC no. 91004158
ISBN 2881248195