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Chamber Ballet
A chamber ballet is a chamber music performance or work that features one or more ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ... dancers. Examples are a chamber music composition with the addition of dancers, or a full-scale ballet performed using a smaller ensemble. Den Collinske Gård in Copenhagen was a venue pioneering chamber ballet performances in 2010–11. References Ballet music {{dance-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part is played by a number of performers). However, by convention, it usually does not include solo instrument performances. Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as "the music of friends". For more than 100 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure. Playing chamber music requires special skills, both musical and social, that differ from the skills required for playing solo or symphonic works. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery. Etymology Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collin House
The Collin House (Danish: ) is a listed Neoclassical property at Amaliegade No. 9 in the Frederiksstaden district of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after Jonas Collin, a prominent civil servant and leading patrons of the arts during the Danish Golden Age, who owned the building from 1838 to 1861. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of Hans Christian Andersen who often visited the house. History Early history The house was built for chair maker Peder Svendsen in 1752. In the new cadastre of 1756, it was listed as No. 71 V. It was owned at that time by a brewer named Lauritz Jørgensen. On Christian Gedde's map of St. Ann's East Quarter from 1757, it was marked as No. 311. In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was listed as No. 155 in St. Ann's East Quarter. It had been acquired by the physician and surgeon by that time. He has been described as the "father of surgery" in Denmark. The property had been acquired by 1787 by the surgeon Henrich Callesen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
