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Lot Essay
Spectacle majeur des Ballets Suédois, Skating Rink se développe autour du thème de la folie du "patin à roulette", idée largement exploitée un peu plus tôt par Charlie Chaplin dans son film muet The Rink de 1916. Le metteur en scène Rolf de Maré invita Fernand Léger à réaliser les décors du ballet, leur collaboration donnant naissance à une oeuvre cubiste traitant de thèmes chers à Léger, la ville et la modernité de la technique. La première eut lieu le 20 janvier 1922 au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris.
Major show of the Swedish Ballets, Skating Rink develops around the subject of the madness of the "roller skate", idea widely exploited a little earlier by Charlie Chaplin in its silent movie The Rink in 1916. The producer Rolf de Mare invited Fernand Lger to create the scenery of the ballet. Their collaboration engendered a cubist work dealing with dear subjects to Léger, the city and the modernity of the technique. The first representation took place in the Theater of Champs-Elyses in Paris, on January 20th in 1922.
Major show of the Swedish Ballets, Skating Rink develops around the subject of the madness of the "roller skate", idea widely exploited a little earlier by Charlie Chaplin in its silent movie The Rink in 1916. The producer Rolf de Mare invited Fernand Lger to create the scenery of the ballet. Their collaboration engendered a cubist work dealing with dear subjects to Léger, the city and the modernity of the technique. The first representation took place in the Theater of Champs-Elyses in Paris, on January 20th in 1922.