Talk:Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)

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Did you know... that Jerome Robbins's Afternoon of a Faun (pictured) is set in a dance studio, with the dancers facing the audience as if they were the mirror?

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I think the revival and other companies cast lists should be removed as Afternoon of a Faun is performed very often.I think only major company debuts should be included. Corachow (talk) 20:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:26, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Valery and Galina Panov in Afternoon of a Faun in 1977

... that Jerome Robbins' ballet Afternoon of a Faun (pictured) is set in a dance studio, with the dancers facing the audience as if it is the mirror? Source: [1], p. 147
- ALT1: ... that when Jerome Robbins choreographed the ballet Afternoon of a Faun (pictured), he took inspiration from dancers looking at themselves in the mirror? Source: same
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vivian Beaumont Theater

5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:24, 13 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting article that recently was expanded from ~1500 to ~7600 characters of prose, not counting the lead section. Neutral and supported by good sources. The hooks are OK and I could confirm the citation using Google's snippet preview. QPQ done. The image looks good, is in the article and has gone through the appropriate process at Commons, but can you confirm that it is Robbins' version they're performing and not for example the more famous one by Nijinsky? Commons and the Flickr source only say "Afternoon of a Faun", without specifying the version. Ffranc (talk) 13:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ffranc: Thanks for the review. I'm quite sure it's the Robbins version they're performing because the costumes and set (the ballet barre at the back) matched. See this image on the New York City Ballet website. Valery Panov also mentioned in his book ([2]) that he had danced the Robbins version (though an image caption credited the wrong choreographer). I found the book after you pointed that out and added a tidbit about the Panovs in the performance section of the article. Corachow (talk) 19:11, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I also found this source that mentions the Panovs performing Robbins' ballet in Israel in 1977. Everything looks good then, ready to go. Ffranc (talk) 11:04, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Modified ALT0 to T:DYK/P5