DANC 101 1nd EditionExam # 2 Study Guide Lectures: 4 - 7The Romantic Era - Ballets of the Romantic Era o France is still the epicenter of Balleto Ballet goes from France to Russia to Americao ‘Bashash a tu” is the study of danceo Russian ballet schools wouldn’t take a child who doesn’t have a ‘ballet body’- Filippo Taglioni (1778-1871)o Originally from Italy but is working in France. o Worked with the Royal Academy of Dance and the Paris Opera- “La Sylphide” (1832) - setting, storyline, characters, innovations, techniqueso 1st dance of the romantic erao Choreographed by Filippo Taglioni; Taglioni created this ballet for his daughter.o Typical romantic, tragic, story balleto 2 hours long with lots of pantomime; the music in the ballet tells you what is going on/ how to feelo Act 1: ‘La Sylphide’ is the prima ballerina (wears a tutu) in white. She is the main character and a sylph- a nonhuman, fairy, ethereal creature. This is shown by the wings she is wearingo Setting is in Scotland in a grand manor house early in the morning on a wedding day.o Mechanical devices were used in this ballet for the first time ever by engineerso Act 1 cont.: James (premier danseur), the man getting married, loves the Sylph and she loves him back. A palm-reading witch shows up at the celebrationo Act 2: Setting is in the forest, the witch making a potiono The witch gave the potion to James and tricked him into giving it to the sylph. Eventually the Sylph dies and leaves James very sad. The ballet ends up being a tragedy because he cannot be with her.- Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)o Filippo Taglioni’s daughter who is a role model to young women and a well-known ballerina-“Pas de Quatre” (1845) – setting, innovations, techniqueso Choreographed by Jules Perroto Everything in the ballet is different from the others except that the women are on point and have long tutus.o This ballet has only 4 women dancers with no props, backgrounds, or any decorations for that mattero One of the 4 dancers is Marie Taglionio ‘pas de quatre’ means ‘dance of 4’- Jules Perrot (1810-1892)- Jean Coralli- “Giselle” (1841) – setting, storyline, characters, innovations, techniqueso Choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perroto story of a woman who dies of a broken heart and comes back as a ‘wilis’ (mythical spirit figure), not to seek revenge on her lover, but to protect him from the evil spirits- Arthur Saint-Leon (1821-1870)- “Coppelia” (1870) – setting, storyline, characterso The last ballet of the romantic erao Set in a village, a boy (Franz) in the village falls in love with the girl at the top window who never reacts to him or even moves. He didn’t know it at the time, but she is a doll that the shopkeeper made and put in the window. His friends tease, confuse, and trick the boy by making the doll move, making him fall even more in love with it.o Another girl has a crush on Franz whom he meets who is the human version of the doll and they fall in love.- Tutu – Classical and Romantic Lengths – Tulle – Pointe Shoes – Ballet Blanco Ballet Blanc is a section of or the entire act all done in white. Often the nonhuman creatures are dressed in white to show that they are not a part of this worldo Classical length of tutu is very short and the romantic is long and shin-lengtho Pointe shoes are satin slippers with a wooden box at the toe- Premier Danseur, Prima Ballerina, Principal, Soloist, Demi Soloist, Corps de Balleto Ballet company is set up like a ‘Nobel house’o Premier danseur- top/most important dancero Prima ballerina- a distinct/ leading star/ heroo Principal- o Soloist-o Demi soloist-o Corps de Ballet- least important, background characters- Pas de Deuxo A dance for twoThe Classical Era – Ballets of the Classical Erao Ballets were often in 3 actso France was still strong in military and the artso Language of ballet is still in French-“Swan Lake” (1895) – setting, storyline, characters, innovations, techniqueso Best known ballet of all time that rivaled with the nutcrackero Choreographed by Marius Petipao Was created in Russiao Dancers wore straight, short tutuso Jillian plays the character of ‘black swan’ and ‘white swan’o Storyline- a Prince imprisons a young girl in the body of a swan until she loves him- Marius Petipa (1818-1910)o He thought France was better than all other countries, and when he moved to Russia to teach ballet, he was considered a traitor to France who didn’t want him backo He taught Russian children to dance, but in the French language.-“Sleeping Beauty” (1890)o Created in Russia-“The Nutcracker” (1892)o Created in Russia- Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951)o Taught at the Ballet School of Russia for many years, so they later named the school after her. Also the ‘Vaganova technique’ is one of the 3 main techniques of Ballet- Ideal Body Characteristics and Attributes for Ballet o Long limbs, high arch of instep, natural turn-out, flexibility, high jumps and leaps, ideal proportions for bone structure- Talent measures only when it occurs in the ideal body- Grand Pas de Deux – (4 parts) Entrée, Adagio, Variations, Codao Entrée- dancers (male and female) entero Adagio- dancers dance togethero Variations- solo danceso Coda- both are united together- Pyotr (Peter) Tchaikovsky (1840-1893); Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)Contemporary Balleto Epicenter moved from France to Russiao Italy>France>Russiao From Russia to US- Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929)o Neither a dancer nor a choreographer or teacher o Went to the dance institute and watched the teachers, choreographers and dancers. Secretly approached the ones that caught his eye and offered them their own fame and fortune elsewhere. He asked them to leave with him and begin new, exciting ballets in Paris.o Russia thought him and his followers were traitorso Within weeks, they created a show and were successful - Michel Fokine (1880-1942) o A teacher and choreographer that left with Diaghilev at Meryenski theatre. Had ideas that they wouldn’t let him do in Russiao “Petrouchka” choreographed by Fokine and directed by Nijinskyo “Spectre de la Rose” designed by Fokine to feature Nijinsky o Spector= a ghost o 2-person ballet. o A girl gets a rose and falls asleep, the Spector looks through her window. A new look to ballet.- Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) o “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune” (1912) “The