Late Afternoon of a Faun (1987 - )

Gaica, Branco: Graeme Murphy in rehearsal for 'Late Afternoon of a Faun', Sydney Dance Company, 1987

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Graeme Murphy's Late Afternoon of a Faun, with a cast consisting of Garth Welch, dancing as a guest artists with the company, Graeme Murphy, Stephen Page, Janet Vernon, Nina Veretennikova and Victoria Taylor, premiered in Sydney in 1987. The work was designed by Kristian Fredrikson and danced to Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune.

In program notes Murphy wrote: 'To me the Faun has always represented that spirit which is unbound by conventional morals, discplines or social and political conditionings. The Faun is poetic and instinctive. He is an endangered species - threatened by shrinking Arcadia, expanding social taboos and a distressing belief in his very existence.

See also: Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Page, Stephen ; Sydney Dance Company ; Vernon, Janet ; Welch, Garth

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