Blue Firebird

Music Firebird Suite (1910) by Igor Stravinsky

Choreography by George Balanchine (1949) George Balanchine & Jerome Robbins (1970) NY State Theatre

Choreography, sets, and score all unite to great effect in this Slavic folkloric tale. In 1970 Marc Chagall came to the city to oversee the creation of set and costume designs.

The resulting costumes and their execution under Madam Karinska are remarkably close interpretations of Chagall’s watercolors. The shapes in a palette of flame colors almost directly mirror the brushstrokes of Chagall’s watercolor. The shapes that Karinska designed in a palette of flame colors and several fabrics almost directly mirrors the brushstrokes of Chagall’s watercolor of the piece.