Soleil_de_Nuit

<i>Midnight Sun</i> (ballet)

Midnight Sun (ballet)

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Soleil de Nuit (also known by the English title Midnight Sun), was a 1915 ballet by Léonide Massine at the Ballets Russes. It was set to Rimsky-Korsakov's music from The Snow Maiden. Sets and costumes were by Mikhail Larionov.[1]

A Group of Dancers and a Mask on the Floor, 1915. Design for Midnight Sun.

It was Léonide Massine's first ballet. It used Russian folklore elements.

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    Mark Carroll -The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond 2011 Page 54 1862548846 "For Midnight Sun (1915), his first ballet, Larionov came up with the Russian folk legends that provided the ballet's narrative


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