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La Scala Theatre Ballet School
La Scala Theatre Ballet School ( it, Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala) is one of the leading classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of La Scala Theatre Ballet, an international ballet company based at La Scala in Milan, Italy. The school forms part of the theatre's Academy for Performing Arts. History The ballet school was founded in 1813 by Benedetto Ricci, as the ''Accademia di ballo'' (dance academy) of the ''Teatro alla Scala''. Following the defeat of Napoleon, the school's name was changed to ''Imperial Regia Accademia di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala'' (Royal Imperial Dance Academy of the Teatro alla Scala). For many years after its foundation the school offered two courses, of the total duration of eight years; the first consisted in apprenticeship, the second of specialization studies. The classes were accompanied by a violinist. Many famous dancers have been directors of the school. Among them, the famous Carlo Blasis, who joined the sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Scala Theatre Ballet
The La Scala Theatre Ballet ( it, Corpo di ballo del Teatro alla Scala) is the resident classical ballet company at La Scala in Milan, Italy. One of the oldest and most renowned ballet companies in the world, the company pre-dates the theatre, but was officially founded at the inauguration of La Scala in 1778. Many leading dancers have performed with the company, including Mara Galeazzi, Alessandra Ferri, Viviana Durante, Roberto Bolle and Carla Fracci. The official associate school of the company is the La Scala Theatre Ballet School ( it, Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala), a constituent of the La Scala Theatre Academy ( it, Accademia Teatro alla Scala). It is one of the best known Italian ballet companies, and many of its dancers have achieved international fame, such as Mara Galeazzi, Alessandra Ferri, Petra Conti, Roberto Bolle, Massimo Murru, and in the recent past, Carla Fracci. Other personalities of the history of classical ballet associated with the ''corpo di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe. Although originally informed by and borrowing from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has come to incorporate elements from many styles of dance. Due to its technical similarities, it is often perceived to be closely related to modern dance, ballet, and other classical concert dance styles. In terms of the focus of its technique, contemporary dance tends to combine the strong but controlled legwork of ballet with modern that stresses on torso. It also employs contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation characteristics of modern dance. Unpredictable changes in rhythm, speed, and direction are often used, as well. Additionally, contemporary dance sometimes incorporates elements of non-wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Ferri
Alessandra Ferri OMRI (born 6 May 1963) is an Italian prima ballerina. She danced with the Royal Ballet (1980–1984), American Ballet Theatre (1985–2007) and La Scala Theatre Ballet (1992–2007) and as an international guest artist, before temporally retiring on 10 August 2007, aged 44, then returning in 2013. She was eventually granted the rank of ''prima ballerina assoluta''. Career Alessandra Ferri was born in Milan, Italy. She began studying ballet at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School, later transferring to the upper school of the Royal Ballet School. She represented the Royal Ballet School in the 1980 Prix de Lausanne, winning a scholarship which enabled her to continue studying at the school. Royal Ballet Ferri joined the Royal Ballet in 1980, and in 1982, for her first major role in the ballet Mayerling, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for ''Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet''. In 1983, she was nominated for and won the Laurence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Bolle
Roberto Bolle (born March 26, 1975 in Casale Monferrato) is an Italian danseur. He is currently a ''principal dancer'' with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer ''étoile'' at La Scala Theatre Ballet. Bolle also dances regularly as a guest artist with the world’s leading companies, including The Royal Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet. Early life Bolle was born in Casale Monferrato and lived during his youth in Trino, in Piemonte, a small town near Vercelli. He began ballet studies at age seven at a local school and was accepted at the La Scala theatre ballet school in Milan at the age of twelve. In 1990, he was noted by Rudolf Nureyev, who chose him to play the role of Tadzio in the opera ''Morte a Venezia'', but the Theater forbade him to accept the offer because he was too young. Career In 1996, following an appearance in ''Romeo and Juliet'', twenty-year-old Bolle was promoted to principal dancer at La Scala. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilda Gelati
Gilda Gelati (born 1967) is an Italian ballet dancer. She joined the La Scala Theatre Ballet in 1986 where she became a prima ballerina in 2001. She remained at La Scala until her retirement from the company in 2013. Biography Born in Parma, from 1978 Gelati trained at La Scala Theatre Ballet School from where, after graduating in 1986, she joined the corps at the La Scala Theatre Ballet. She performed in a wide range of classical and contemporary works, including John Cranko's '' Romeo and Juliet'', Rudolf Nureyev's ''Cinderella'', Kenneth MacMillan's ''Manon'', Michel Fokine's ''Petrushka'' and George Balanchine's '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''. In 2001, she was promoted to prima ballerina after dancing the title role in Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem (; born 23 February 1965) is a French ballet dancer. Guillem was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Brazzo
Sabrina Brazzo (born 1 January 1968) is an Italian ballet dancer. A principal dancer with La Scala in Milan, she has performed in many of the world's most prestigious ballet theatres. Biography Born in Portogruaro in north-eastern Italy, Brazzo grew up in Venice. After training at the La Scala Ballet School, she spent two years with the ballet company of Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. She then returned to Milan to dance with La Scala Ballet where she was promoted to prima ballerina in 2001 after her performance in Sylvie Guillem's version of '' Giselle''. Brazzo has danced in the great classical ballets as well as in many contemporary works, both at La Scala and in theatres across Europe and the Americas including the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. She performed in Roland Petit's '' Carmen'' at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the theatre's 100th anniversary. In 2008, she partnered Roberto Bolle Roberto Bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oriella Dorella
Oriella Dorella (born 25 January 1952) is an Italian ballet dancer. Life and career Born in Milan, Dorella studied at La Scala Theatre Ballet School for 8 years, and in 1975 she made her official debut as a dancer, becoming the étoile of La Scala Theatre Ballet in 1986.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She was also a television personality, and her television appearances include the Saturday night variety show '' Fantastico'' and several television films. In 2006 she ran for the Senate in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ... with Rose in the Fist, without being elected. References External links * Living people Italian television actresses 1952 births Actresses from Milan Italian television pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Fracci
Carolina "Carla" Fracci (; 20 August 1936 – 27 May 2021) was an Italian ballet dancer, actress and ballet director. Considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, she was a leading dancer of La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan, then worked freelance with international companies including the Royal Ballet, London, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Fracci is known for her interpretation of leading characters in several Romantic ballets, such as ''La Sylphide'', ''Giselle'', ''Swan Lake'', and ''Romeo and Juliet''. She also performed in ballets such as ''Nijinsky'' and ''Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961–1967''. She danced with partners including Erik Bruhn, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Later, she directed several ballet companies in Italy, including at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in Rome. According to Bruhn, she "gave the world a new idea of the ballerina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppina Morlacchi
Giuseppina Antonia "Josephine" Morlacchi Omohundro (October 8, 1836 – July 23, 1886) was an Italian American ballerina, dancer, and actress. She introduced the can-can to the American stage. Biography Morlacchi was born in Milan in 1836 and attended dance school at La Scala at the age of six. She debuted on the stage in 1856 at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In a short time, she became a well-known dancer, touring the continent and England. In Lisbon, she met noted artist and manager Don Juan (John) De Pol, who persuaded her to go to America and perform in his ''DePol Parisian Ballet''. In October 1867, she made her American debut at ''Banvard's Museum'' in New York City, performing ''The Devil's Auction''. She became an immense success, and DePol took the show to Boston. During her rise to fame, DePol insured her legs for $100,000, after which newspapers claimed that Morlacchi was 'more valuable than Kentucky'. On January 6, 1868, the company played at the ''Theatre Comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attilia Radice
Attilia Radice (1914–1980) was an Italian ballerina at La Scala in Milan. She is remembered above all for the roles she created at the Rome Opera. Biography Radice studied ballet at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School under Enrico Cecchetti until he died in 1928, whereafter she continued under Lucia Fornaroli graduating in 1932. She joined the La Scala company the same year, making her début in Léonide Massine's ''Belkis''. She danced in the ballets of the 1930s including Franco Vittadini's ''Vecchia Milano'' and Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli's ''Il carillon magico''. Thanks to her elegant, expressive style, she soon became the Scala's prima ballerina. From 1935 to 1957, she danced in the Rome Opera Ballet as prima ballerina assoluta with principal dancer Guido Lauri as her partner. Radice created roles in works choreographed by Aurel Milloss including ''Bolero'' and ''The Miraculous Mandarin''. After retiring from the company in 1957, she became director of the ballet scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Dance
Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was considered to have been developed as a rejection of, or rebellion against, classical ballet, and also a way to express social concerns like socioeconomic and cultural factors. In the late 19th century, modern dance artists such as Isadora Duncan, Maud Allan, and Loie Fuller were pioneering new forms and practices in what is now called aesthetic or free dance. These dancers disregarded ballet's strict movement vocabulary (the particular, limited set of movements that were considered proper to ballet) and stopped wearing corsets and pointe shoes in the search for greater freedom of movement. Throughout the 20th century, sociopolitical concerns, major historical events, and the development of other art forms contribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Ballet
Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique (such as pointe work, turnout of the legs, and high extensions), its flowing, precise movements, and its ethereal qualities. There are stylistic variations related to an area or origin, which are denoted by classifications such as Russian ballet, French ballet, British ballet and Italian ballet. For example, Russian ballet features high extensions and dynamic turns, whereas Italian ballet tends to be more grounded, with a focus on fast, intricate footwork. Many of the stylistic variations are associated with specific training methods that have been named after their originators. Despite these variations, the performance and vocabulary of classical ballet are largely consistent throughout the world. History Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts and was brought to France by Catherine d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
