The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
NIJINSKY APPEARS
WITH BALLET Russo
Dancer Is Seen as the Rose
and Also a. the Tragic
Petrouchka.
HE WINS WARM APPLAUSE

WARSAW Nijinsky. the principal dancer
OF the Ballet Russo. effected his long
deferred first appearance It the Metro
politan Opera House yesterdar AFTER
noon. The bailets performed were the
Prince Igor" dances. lie Spectre de Ia
Rose" "scheherezade'' and "Petrouchka."
Mr.. Nuinsky wal seen In the second and
fourth Of these. The audience which as
semoled to greet the celebrity did not
ovcrtsx tho seating capacity Of the
house. There was Of course no subscrlp-
ton. since It al an extra matinee. Mr..
Nijinsky will dance nee this week for
subscribers, namely. tomorrow evening.
II was unfortunate that this dis
tineuished artists debut should hav'
been postponed to such a late date. The
Ballet Russo u no longer a cause Of
public excitement. The W weeks q
the Century Theatre IN January seemet
to absorb all the emotion Of theatre
goers. Furthermore 'P~etrouchka.'
which II n Of the most characteristic
Of the company's offerings. was revealed
In the early season. and Leonide Mas
sine's im%personation OF the tragic pup
pc, was received with enthusiasm 7
was not a simple undertaking for Mr.
Nijinsky. the originator OF the role. Il
follow another delincator. who ha'
achieved a success In IL.
However. the dancers im~personatioi
rs disclosed yesterday afternoon SHOWED
certain clearly marked characteristics
Perhaps the most striking Of all was tn
~soarchingiy pathetic expression Of th'
eyes. The whole face was eloquent eve,
to persons seated half way to the rea
of h auditorium In this as well a
IN the confluence Of his movement anS
gesture MIR. Nit,nsky showed himself
stage artist Of refinement, taste. dire
method and conviction. In the "Spectr
OF the lose he was accorded opI-or
tunity TO exhibit his skill as a dancer
and his grace and agility as well as hi
communication Of sentiment were warml.
applauded.
In the evening 'Thamar" was giveI
for the first time in this city. This 4
n choreographic drara in n scene ate
a poem of IerInontov. The music II b,
Ralakirev. the action arranged b!
F'okine and the decoration by Bakst. Thu
music is not entirely unknown. Il wa
played once by n local orchestra. Thama'
is a Caucasian queen who sits in
castle by the River Terek. She sit,
waiting for lovers. when one comes eh'
entcriains him with barhar!c revels ant
her own charms. Then she CAREFUL.
| sinks him in the river and esumes he
! occupation of booking for another. I; 1
q delightful story and belongs to tn
class which seems to afford real inspira
| ton to ballet creators.
TIL. production Of thu edifyiny dram'
was equal 10 the standard raised By IN
Ballet Russo. Mr.. Baket's scene and nj
costumes again provided a riot O
brilliant yet harmonious coiorine. TIL
pantomimic delineation OF the somewha
| crude methods Of the Caucasian monarc
was excellently devised and the revel
had the now familiar charm.
Flora Revallcs was Tho ra1resentativ
of the vorarious queen and Adolf Rohr q
the unfortunate lover. The schem" q
the ballet did not permit either on. t
exhibit N" highest skill In %partomimi
detail Much ~ the action OF "Tharar
is carried forward in dancing and no
vo,y Interesting dancing a. that. Tn
pleasure afforded 10y this Item IN III
rererto-y is chiefly for the eve