What is the title of the ballet?
Q: What is the title of the ballet?
A: The Afternoon of a Faun.
Q: Who wrote the poem that inspired this ballet?
A: Stéphane Mallarmé wrote the poem L'après-midi d'un faune which inspired this ballet.
Q: Who composed the music for this ballet?
A: Claude Debussy composed Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, the symphonic work used in this ballet.
Q: Who choreographed The Afternoon of a Faun?
A: Nijinsky choreographed The Afternoon of a Faun.
Q: When was it first performed?
A: It was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912.
Q: Who designed the costumes and sets for this performance?
A: Léon Bakst designed the costumes and sets for this performance.
Q: When did it have its first American performance?
A: Its first American performance occurred in New York City on January 17, 1916.
