Costume for ‘Le Train Bleu’ by Milhaud: 2. Les Poules
Georg Kirsta
Description
Subject Matter:
The title of this ballet--The Blue Train--is based on a train that transported wealthy travelers from Paris to their seaside vacations in southern France, the Côte d’Azur. The costumes for this ballet were designed to reflect contemporary beachwear/sportswear.
Georg Kirsta was a Russian painter and costume and set designer who worked for European theatres and ballet companies. After the Russian Revolution, Kirsta emigrated to Berlin, Germany and then to Vienna, Austria; in the late 1930s, Kirsta moved to London. Throughout Kirsta's career, he worked for Bronislava Nijinska, Hedy Pfundmayr, Grete Wiesenthal, Hilde Holger, and Helene Tels; Kirsta also worked with the Metropolitain Ballet and the London Festival Ballet. In 1951, Kirsta organized a new Original Ballet Russe after the death of his associate Wassily de Basil, the co-creator of Les Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo with George Balanchine. Kirsta had an integral role in the popularization of ballet across the world.
Physical Description:
This is a drawing of a costume design on an off-white background. A faceless outline of a standing female figue (without hands or feet) is dressed in tight-fitting red shorts with a black waistband, and a tight-fitting sleeveless red and white striped shirt.
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