{"id":5228,"date":"2021-05-18T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondation-foujita.org\/foujita-and-the-performing-arts\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:41:20","slug":"foujita-and-the-performing-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondation-foujita.org\/en\/foujita-and-the-performing-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Foujita and the Performing arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621196865306{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1261&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; el_class=&#8221;foujita_img_shadow_box&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;titre_sympa&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"heading-6 droit\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/h5>\n<h2 class=\"heading-7 droit\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Foujita and the Performing arts<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Foujita&#8217;s creation of theatrical costumes and sets is a little-known facet of the artist&#8217;s work. This aspect was rediscovered in autumn 2003 in Tokyo, where an exhibition organized in the new Prada building presented, for the first time in Japan, the costumes designed by Foujita for Giacomo Puccini&#8217;s opera <em>Madame Butterfly<\/em>.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The event was linked to the opera&#8217;s performance at the same time in Tokyo by artists from La Scala de Milan. The first performance of <em>Madame Butterfly<\/em>, set in Nagasaki during the Meiji era, took place in 1904 at La Scala in Milan. In 1955, when Maria Callas performed Madame Butterfly, Foujita was responsible for the sets, costumes and fabrics, which he dyed himself. For the blue and pink colors, he used a chemical dye that had just arrived from China in early 1950. Madame Butterfly wore stencil-dyed kimonos, some parts of which were hand-painted. The show was a great success, and was revived six times between 1952 and 1971. Also produced abroad, it was celebrated at the Vienna State Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Tokyo exhibition featured eleven extremely delicate costumes designed by Foujita, as well as the film of the performance shot in the 1950s. The detailed watercolors of the costumes and fabrics testify to the artist&#8217;s passion for the performing arts. A lover of materials, Foujita brought his precious meticulousness to the opera: each actor&#8217;s movement was followed by a slip of fabric to lighten their gait, and each accessory embellished their allure.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Foujita&#8217;s contributions to theater are manifold. Following in the footsteps of Picasso, who often collaborated with Serge Diaghilev on productions, sets and costumes for the Ballets Russes, Foujita was involved with the Compagnie des Ballets su\u00e9dois, founded by Rolf de Mar\u00e9 and based at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es from 1920 to 1925. Foujita directed and designed all the costumes and sets for one of these ballets, <em>Le Tournoi singulier<\/em>, created in 1924 under the direction of Rolf de Mar\u00e9. Foujita&#8217;s costume and set designs for the Swedish Ballets were presented at the Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Art Moderne in Paris in the exhibitions \u201cCinquantenaire des Ballets su\u00e9dois: 1920-1925\u201d in 1970-1971 and \u201cL&#8217;Ecole de Paris, 1904-1929, la part de l&#8217;autre\u201d in 2000-2001.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;713&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; el_class=&#8221;foujita_img_shadow_box droite&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In 1928, Foujita worked on sets for a Japanese play by Firmin G\u00e9mier, <em>Le Masque<\/em>, presented at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l&#8217;Od\u00e9on. In Japan in the late 1940s, he also took part in several performances of Tchaikovsky&#8217;s <em>Lac des cygnes<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]From a more personal point of view, the show was an integral part of Foujita&#8217;s life: the artist staged himself, liked to dress up and dress eccentrically. During the Ann\u00e9es Folles in France, he was eagerly received and celebrated, from the bals-costum\u00e9s of Montparnasse to Deauville, accompanied by his friends Jos\u00e9phine Baker and Mistinguett, stars of the music halls. 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