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<H1> Le Spectre de la Rose</H1>

<p>Music: Carl-Maria <b>von Weber</b>, with
an orchestration by Berlioz <i>(Invitation to the
Waltz)</i>.<br>
Choreography: Michel <a href="Fokin.html"><b>Fokine</b></a>. <br>
Plot: Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, after a poem of Th&eacute;ophile
Gautier.<br>
Sets, costumes: Leon Bakst.</p>

<p>Premiered on April 19, 1911 by the <a href="dance1.html">Ballets Russes
</a>.</p>
Dancers at the premiere: Waslaw <a href="Nijinsky.html">Nijinsky</a> (the
rose), <a href="Karsavina.html">Tamara
Karsavina</a> (the girl).</p>
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<p>In the repertory of the <a href="POB.html"> Paris Opera Ballet
</a>. It was filmed around 1990 with <a href="Legris.html">Manuel
Legris</a> and Claude de Vulpian, in the videotape <b>Paris
Dances Diaghilev</b>.</p>
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