Faun (2009) Larbi

Question 1

When did Larbi choreograph ‘Faun’?

Answer 1

2009

Question 2

What is the subject matter of Faun (2009)?

Answer 2

Based on Nijinsky’s ‘L’Apres Midi D’un Faune’, focusing more on the sexual tension between the Faun (James O’Hara) and the Nymph (Daisy Phillips). Set to Claude Debussy’s score from the original work with additional sounds by Nitin Sawhney.

Question 3

Who are the collaboraters Faun (2009)?

Answer 3

Dancers: James O’Hara and Daisy Phillips.
Aural Setting: Claude Debussy and Nitin Sawhney

Question 4

What is the set design for Faun (2009)?

Answer 4

• Projection of the trees to create a forest.
• Bare stage
• Mininal clothing, nude coloured.

Question 5

Give a movement from the faun that shows Larbi’s influence of Vandekeybus’ eurocrash and animalistic movements, Platel’s interest in how humans and beings live, Bausch’s lyrical qualities, acrobatics, fluidity of movements.

Answer 5

In the opening section, the faun, James O’Hara, developpe’s the leg up to the side and rocks over his foot to fall onto his knee before instantly moving into a fish flip backwards.

Question 6

Give a movement from the nymph that shows Larbi’s influence of Vandekeybus’ animalistic movements, Platel’s interest in how humans and beings live, Bausch’s lyrical qualities, contortion, fluidity of movements.

Answer 6

The nymph, Daisy Phillips, enters doing a series of lunges with her arms hyperextended behind her, with her elbows almost touching, near her legs.