LECTURE OUTLINE WEEKS FOUR AND FIVE Text Chapter Five Ballet Video La Sylphide Giselle The Children of Theatre Street Swan Lake The Nutcracker The Romantic Era Ballets of the Romantic Era Filippo Taglioni 1778 1871 La Sylphide 1832 setting storyline characters innovations techniques Marie Taglioni 1804 1884 Pas de Quatre 1845 setting innovations techniques Jules Perrot 1810 1892 Jean Coralli Giselle 1841 setting storyline characters innovations techniques Arthur Saint Leon 1821 1870 Coppelia 1870 setting storyline characters Tutu Classical and Romantic Lengths Tulle Pointe Shoes Ballet Blanc Premier Danseur Prima Ballerina Principal Soloist Demi Soloist Corps de Ballet Pas de Deux Ballet Blanc Dance Terminology French Why Ballet Barre Plie Grande Demi Releve Tendu Degage Battement Passe Coupe Arabesque Attitude Jete Bouree Chasse Turns Chaine Pique Soutenu Pirouette Fouette Tour Jete Coupe Jete The Classical Era Ballets of the Classical Era Swan Lake 1895 setting storyline characters innovations techniques Marius Petipa 1818 1910 Sleeping Beauty 1890 The Nutcracker 1892 Lev Ivanov 1843 1901 Imperial Ballet School of Russia Vaganova Choreographic Institute Agrippina Vaganova 1879 1951 Kirov Ballet Mariinsky Theater St Petersburg Leningrad Bolshoi Ballet Moscow Ideal Body Characteristics and Attributes for Ballet long limbs high arch of instep natural turn out flexibility high jumps and leaps ideal proportions for bone structure Talent measured only when it occurs in the ideal body Why a career in dance in Russia is so desirable Grand Pas de Deux Entr e Adagio Variations Coda Pyotr Peter Tchaikovsky 1840 1893 Igor Stravinsky 1882 1971