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Mazilier
Joseph Mazilier (1 March 1801 in Marseilles – 19 May 1868 in Paris) was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as ''Giulio Mazarini''. He was most noted for his ballets '' Paquita'' (1844) and '' Le Corsaire'' (1856). He created the role of James in '' La Sylphide'' with Marie Taglioni. Marie Guy-Stéphan debuted in ''Aelia et Mysis'' at the Paris Opéra when she moved in 1853 to Paris. Ballets *'' La Gypsy'' (1839) *''La Vendetta'' (1839) *'' Le Diable Amoureux'' (1840) *''Lady Henrietta, or the Servant of Greenwich'' (''Lady Henriette, ou la Servante de Greenwich'') (1944) *'' Le Diable à Quatre'' (1845) *'' Paquita'' (1846) *''Betty'' (1846) *''Griseldis, ou les Cinq sens'' (1848) *''Vert-vert'' (''Green-Green'') (1851) *''Orfa'' (1852) *''Aelia et Mysis, ou l'Atellane'' (1853) *''Jovita, ou les Boucaniers'' (1853) *''La Fonti'' (1855) *'' Le Corsaire'' (1856) *''Les Elfes'' (1856) *'' Marco Spada ou La Fille du Bandit'' (1857) *''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazilier
Joseph Mazilier (1 March 1801 in Marseilles – 19 May 1868 in Paris) was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as ''Giulio Mazarini''. He was most noted for his ballets '' Paquita'' (1844) and '' Le Corsaire'' (1856). He created the role of James in '' La Sylphide'' with Marie Taglioni. Marie Guy-Stéphan debuted in ''Aelia et Mysis'' at the Paris Opéra when she moved in 1853 to Paris. Ballets *'' La Gypsy'' (1839) *''La Vendetta'' (1839) *'' Le Diable Amoureux'' (1840) *''Lady Henrietta, or the Servant of Greenwich'' (''Lady Henriette, ou la Servante de Greenwich'') (1944) *'' Le Diable à Quatre'' (1845) *'' Paquita'' (1846) *''Betty'' (1846) *''Griseldis, ou les Cinq sens'' (1848) *''Vert-vert'' (''Green-Green'') (1851) *''Orfa'' (1852) *''Aelia et Mysis, ou l'Atellane'' (1853) *''Jovita, ou les Boucaniers'' (1853) *''La Fonti'' (1855) *'' Le Corsaire'' (1856) *''Les Elfes'' (1856) *'' Marco Spada ou La Fille du Bandit'' (1857) *''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paquita
''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist. History ''Paquita'' is the creation of French composer Édouard Deldevez and Paris Opéra Ballet Master Joseph Mazilier. It was first presented at the Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera Ballet on 1 April 1846 and was retained in the repertory of the Opéra until 1851. In 1847, ''Paquita'' was staged for the first time in Russia for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg by Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malavergne, being the first work ever staged by Petipa in Russia. In 1881, Petipa produced a revival of the ballet for which he added new pieces specially composed by Ludwig Minkus. This included the ''Paquita pas de trois'' for the first act and the ''Paquita grand pas classique'' and the ''Mazurka des enfants'' for the last act. Petipa's version of ''Paquita'' was retained in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Diable Amoureux (ballet)
''Le Diable amoureux'' (also known as ''Satanella'' or ''Love and Hell'') is a ''ballet-pantomime'' in three acts and eight scenes, originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of Napoléon Henri Reber and François Benoist. The libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges is based on Jacques Cazotte's 1772 occult romance '' The Devil in Love''. The work was first presented by the Ballet of the Royal Academy of Music (Paris Opera Ballet) in Paris on 23 September 1840, with Pauline Leroux (as Uriel), Mazilier (as Alvaro, for ballet his name is Frederic), and Louise Fitz-James (as Lilia). Revivals *Revival by Marius Petipa and Jean-Antoine Petipa for Russia's Imperial Ballet under the title ''Satanella'', with music orchestrated and revised by Konstantin Liadov. First presented on at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg. Principal dancers: Yelena Andreyanova as Satanella, and Marius Petipa as Count Fabio. *Revival by Petipa for the Imperial Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sylphide
''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only version known to have survived and is one of the world's oldest surviving ballets. Taglioni version On 12 March 1832 the first version of ''La Sylphide'' premiered at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra with choreography by the groundbreaking Italian choreographer Filippo Taglioni and music by Jean Schneitzhoeffer, Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer. Taglioni designed the work as a showcase for his daughter Marie Taglioni, Marie. ''La Sylphide'' was the first ballet where dancing ''en pointe'' had an aesthetic rationale and was not merely an acrobatic stunt, often involving ungraceful arm movements and exertions, as had been the approach of dancers in the late 1820s. Marie was known for shortening her skirts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Petipa
Lucien Petipa (December 22, 1815 – July 7, 1898) was a French ballet dancer in the early 19th century ( Romantic period), who was the brother of Marius Petipa, the famous ballet master of the Russian Imperial Ballet. He was born in Marseilles and died in Versailles. The son of Jean-Antoine Petipa, he was the original interpreter of many of the principal male roles during the Romantic era, working with choreographers such as Jean Coralli among others. Probably the most known role he created was Albert, duke of Sliesa (later to be known as count Albrecht) in the two-act ballet of ''Giselle'' in 1841, opposite the Italian-born ballerina Carlotta Grisi for whom the ballet was created. Between 1860 and 1868 he was '' maître de ballet'' at the Paris Opera and between 1872 and 1873 he ran the La Monnaie theater in Brussels.Ivor Guest. ''Petipa, (Joseph) Lucien'' oGrove Music Online Notable roles * Albert in ''Giselle'' (1841) * Achmed in '' La Péri'' (1843) Ballets * In 1857 Lucien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Guy-Stéphan
Marie-Antoinette Guy-Stéphan (18 November 1818 - 20 August 1873) was a French dancer who triumphed at Spanish theaters between 1843 and 1851. Richard Ford, travel writer, arrived in Spain in 1830 and wrote about the rivalry between Guy-Stéphan and Maria Brambilla, specialist in Donizetti and first dancer of La Scala. She debuted in Madrid in 1840 and around 1844 danced the title role for the first production of ''Giselle'' in Spain. She performed in numerous works by Marius Petipa and was often partnered with him. In the beginning of 1850s in Madrid's ''Teatro del Circo'' she has a rivaling with Sofia Fuoco. Guy-Stéphan was a favourite of Marquis de Salamanca so when Fuoco became a favorite dancer of general Narvaez theatrical rivalry turned into a political one. Those who preferred the government (and Fuoco) were wearing red carnation flowers in the buttonhole while the supporters of Marquis de Salamanca (and Guy-Stéphan) demonstrated their notion by wearing white ones. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lamy
Alfred Lamy (1886–1922) was a French maker of bows.Mary VanClayFinding Good Values in Bows Strings Magazine, July 2000, No. 87 Son of Joseph Jean Baptiste Lamy was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt with Bazin and later worked for Eugene Cuniot-Hury Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin .... Lamy established his own business around 1919. He was the nephew of Joseph Alfred Lamy known historically as Lamy père. Alfred Lamy left a small quantity of very good quality bows. Branded "A.LAMY" or "ALFRED LAMY". References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamy, Alfred 1886 births 1922 deaths Bow makers Luthiers from Mirecourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Monnaie
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of this theatre in which it is housed—La Monnaie in French or De Munt in Dutch—referring both to the building as well as the opera company. As Belgium's leading opera house, it is one of the few cultural institutions which receive financial support from the Federal Government of Belgium. Other opera houses in Belgium, such as the Vlaamse Opera and the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, are funded by regional governments. La Monnaie is located on the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein, not far from the Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat and the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein. The current edifice is the third theatre on the site. The facade dates from 1818 with major alterations made in 1856 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Saint-Léon
Arthur Saint-Léon (17 September 1821, in Paris – 2 September 1870) was the '' Maître de Ballet'' of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet ''Coppélia''. Biography He was born Charles Victor Arthur Michel in Paris, but was raised in Stuttgart, where his father was dance master for the court and the theatre ballet. Saint-Léon was encouraged by his father, who had also been a dancer of the Paris Opéra Ballet, to study music and dance. Saint-Léon studied violin with Joseph Mayseder and Niccolò Paganini. At the same time, he studied ballet so he could perform both as violinist and dancer. When he was 17 years old, he made his début as first demi-charactére dancer at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. He started to tour across Europe dancing in Germany, Italy, England, obtaining a lot of success. In particular, the London audience, who did not like at that time to see men dancing on stage, liked h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent (dancer)
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter *Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne *Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings *Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France *Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician *Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor *Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseilles
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Ballet Dancers
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
