Serge Diaghilev and his World:

A Centennial Celebration of Diaghilev’s
Ballets Russes

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Nijinsky’s Controversial L’Après-midi d’un Faune

Nijinsky’s Controversial L’Après-midi d’un Faune (br0032)

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Vaslav Nijinsky’s stark and erotic choreography for the ballet L’Après-midi d’un Faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) was criticized by the Parisian press as obscene. (L’Après-midi d’un Faune: music by Claude Debussy; sets and costumes by Léon Bakst; choreography by Nijinsky; premier on May 29, 1912, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris).