The Afternoon of a Faun (2022)
The Afternoon of a Faun reimagines Claude Debussy's famous ballet score Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes in 1912) for eight male-identifying dancers. The work, with costume designs by Andrew Jordan and lighting by Joe Levasseur, had its New York première at the Joyce Theater from June 28th-July 3rd, 2022.
Original Cast:
A FAUN
Taylor Stanley
THE CHIEF OF THE NYMPHS
(leader of the Naiads)
Joshua Harriette
NAIADS
(a tribe of water nymphs)
Cemiyon Barber, Charles Gowin, Justin Lynch,
Logan Pedon, Ned Sturgis, & Carlo Antonio Villanueva