George Balanchine for The Ballet Society - In 1946 Balanchine and Kirstein collaborated again to form Ballet Society‚ a company which introduced New York subscription only audiences over the next two years to such new Balanchine works as The Four Temperaments (1946) and Stravinsky’s Renard (1947) and Orpheus (1948). - On October 11‚ 1948‚ Morton Baum‚ chairman of the City Center finance committee‚ saw Ballet Society in a City Center Theater program that included Orpheus‚ Serenade‚ and
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Not very long ago when people mentioned ballet‚ they thought of Russian ballet. In fact ballet came to Russia relatively late. It brought traditions from many other countries‚ mainly from France and Italy. Actually Tsar Nicholas I was ready to spend great sums of money on the dance companies‚ so ballet got recognition in the capital at St. Petersburg and in Moscow. The Russian ballet dates back to 1847. It was the year when Marius Petipa‚ a young French dancer‚ arrived in St. Petersburg. He found
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Ballet Journals (term 3) Ashley Booth Lesson one One of the main focuses of todays lesson was basic technique. We concentrated on alignment‚ safe dance practice in ballet and body limitations. By this I mean‚ how far we can push our bodies with out being in risk of causing injury. Technique in ballet is the learning of movement and refers to a way of using the body in the correct alignment. Alignment in ballet refers to keeping the head‚ shoulders and hips vertically aligned. A dancer with good
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NAZ OZBASATAK Giselle Giselle is considered one of the great Romantic ballets. Romantic era was late 18th and early 19th centuries. The period mainly does not follow rational movements but rather Romantic ideas in art influence the ballets. Ballets in Romantic period focus on the conflict between man and nature where as others try to bring difference to ballets from other nations. Ballerinas stand in the forefront compared to male dancers. Giselle is one of the
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Stravinsky’s developmental context Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17‚ 1882 – April 6‚ 1971) is known not just for the breadth of diversity acknowledged in his oeuvre‚ but for the impact and contribution it has made on Western culture‚ particularly music. Indeed‚ Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people of the 20th century. At the time of Stravinsky’s birth‚ Imperial Russia was undergoing immense change in all areas of society. Upon his accession to the Russian throne
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the years‚ some of his most popular ballets have changed music and the way we see it: The Firebird‚ Petrushka‚ and The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky was born on the 17th of June in 1882. He was raised in the small town of Oranienbaum‚ Russia. He was raised by his mother and father who were both musicians. His father was a bass singer in the opera and his mother was a well renounced pianist. As a small child Igor was interested in music‚ he attended operas and ballets on many occasions. He took
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yet the world of music was still set in their generally Romantic ways. It took a true compositional giant to rock the world of music forever‚ and such a piece of music came on May 23rd‚ 1913 with Igor Stravinsky’s strikingly famous ballet The Rite of Spring. The ballet premiered in Paris‚ and the performances primitive dance moves‚ dark music‚ and somewhat scary demeanor sent the audience into a full blown riot‚ and simultaneously into a whole new era of music. The Rite of Spring is undoubtedly one
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Pina Bausch interpretation of the score. When researching both ballets in relationship to the costumes that were represented in each version it becomes unclear of the real reasons behind the choices that Nijinsky and Bausch made to develop the style‚ design and visual effect of the costumes; Questioning whether there was a specific initial inspiration for the designs or perhaps it was the style in the time period when both individual ballets premiered and was influenced by fashion and society. Beginning
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Everyone in the world has grown up on Disney. Whether a person is a toddler or an elderly person‚ they have‚ at least heard of Disney. One thing that Disney is known for is having family friendly movies with phenomenal musical scores. A movie that will possibly stick out to older people would be Fantasia. This movie is famous for adding a motion picture storyline to classical music. Disney spared no expense in utilizing music from the best composers of all time. Some compositions were written by
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Kevin Williams 5/5/2013 WSC 002 Prof. Silvia Ballet Discriminatory Diversity Everyone cannot make it into the entertainment business. Specifically not everybody can become a dancer. It takes pure talent‚ and the natural ability to be great at dancing. On top of that many professional dance companies want the whole package. Yes dance companies choose people based on talent‚ but they unfairly make decisions on whom they want in their company based on discriminatory diversity. I know many great
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