In a ballet of this title, the backcloth is placed farther forward than usual to emphasize the horizontality of the dancing, in which some groups of dancers pose like figures on ancient Greek vases while others move in parallel lines.
A ballet of this title making heavy use of spotlights was written for Johan Kobborg by Tim Rushton. A ballet of this title is set in a ballet studio and both begins and ends with the male dancer lying on the floor, with a pas de deux in between. That ballet was choreographed by Jerome Robbins. In a ballet of this title, the backcloth is placed farther forward than usual to emphasize the horizontality of the dancing, in which some groups of dancers pose like figures on ancient Greek vases while others move in parallel lines. The main dancer lies down on another character's (*) veil at the end of a ballet of this name with sets designed by Léon Bakst. That ballet, set in a glade where the title character chases some nymphs, was choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. For 10 points, identify this title shared by several ballets, as well as the Stéphane Mallarmé poem providing the basis for the Claude Debussy piece used as the score for those ballets.
A ballet of this title making heavy use of spotlights was written for Johan Kobborg by Tim Rushton.
The Afternoon of a Faun [or L'Après-midi d'un faune]