The Dying Swan
Posted: February 29, 2016 Filed under: Art, Fashion | Tags: caribbean art, carnival, carnival 2016, carnival king, costume design, dying swan, getty images, jha-whan thomas, mas man, moko jumbie, pavlova, Peter Minshall, ras nijinsky in drag, swan, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad Carnival 1 CommentTrinidadian carnival artist Peter Minshall returned this year in full force with his Carnival King, The Dying Swan – Ras Nijinsky in drag as Pavlova, a sublime Moko Jumbie ballerina brought to life by Jha-whan Thomas. Its beauty lies in the simplicity of the costume and the delicacy of the movement which accompanies a steel pan rendition of Camille Saint-Saens’s ‘The Swan’.
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