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Pâquerette
''Pâquerette'' is a ballet in three acts, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon and music by François Benoist. The ballet was first presented by the Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique on January 15, 1851 in Paris, France, with Fanny Cerrito as Pâquerette and Arthur Saint-Léon as François. Revivals/Restagings *Restaging by Arthur Saint-Léon for the Imperial Ballet, with Cesare Pugni making additions and revising Benoist's score. First presented on January 28/February 9 ( Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1860 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia. *Revival by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet, with Léon Minkus making additions and revising Benoist's score. First presented on January 10–22, 1882 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Eugenia Sokolova (as Pâquerette), and Pavel Gerdt (as François). *In 2012, an hourlong duet titled Pâquerette was performed at the Invisible Dog Art Center as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Petipa
Marius Ivanovich Petipa (; born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa; 11 March 1818) was a French and Russian ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. He is considered one of the most influential ballet masters and choreographers in ballet history. Petipa is noted for his long career as ''Premier maître de ballet'' (First Ballet Master) of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, making him Ballet Master and principal choreographer of the Imperial Ballet (today known as the Mariinsky Ballet), a position he held from 1871 until 1903. Petipa created over fifty ballets, some of which have survived in versions either faithful to, inspired by, or reconstructed from his originals. He is most noted for ''The Pharaoh's Daughter'' (1862); ''Don Quixote (ballet), Don Quixote'' (1869); ''La Bayadère'' (1877); ''The Talisman (ballet), Le Talisman'' (1889); ''The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty'' (1890); ''The Nutcracker'' (choreographed jointly with Lev Ivanov) (1892); ''The Awakeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballets By Cesare Pugni
Cesare Pugni (; ; 31 May 1802, in Genoa – ) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. He studied composition with Bonifazio Asioli and violin with Alessandro Rolla. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed for Her Majesty's Theatre in London (1843–1850), and for the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, Russia (1850–1870). The majority of his ballet music was composed for the works of the ballet master Jules Perrot, who mounted nearly every one of his ballets to scores by Pugni. In 1850 Perrot departed London for Russia, having accepted the position of ''Premier maître de ballet'' of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres at the behest of Carlotta Grisi, who was engaged as ''Prima ballerina''. Cesare Pugni followed Perrot and Grisi to Russia, and remained in the imperial capital even after Grisi's departure in 1853 and Perrot's departure in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ballets By Title
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer (or the composer whose music the ballet is set to) and the year of the first performance. Alphabetical listing 1 * '' 2 and 3 Part Inventions'', to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1994 A * '' A Folk Tale'', Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels W. Gade, 1854 * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', to music by Felix Mendelssohn, 1964 * '' A Month in the Country'', to music by Frédéric Chopin, 1976 * '' A Suite of Dances'', to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1994 * '' A Tragedy of Fashion'', to music by Eugene Aynsley Goossens, 1926 * '' Adam Zero'', Arthur Bliss, 1946 * '' Adams Violin Concerto'', to music by John Adams, 1995 * '' Adagio Hammerklavier'', to music by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1973 * ''Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)'', to music by Claude Debussy, 1912 * ''Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)'', to music by Claud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Pugni
Cesare Pugni (; ; 31 May 1802, in Genoa – ) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. He studied composition with Bonifazio Asioli and violin with Alessandro Rolla. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed for Her Majesty's Theatre in London (1843–1850), and for the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, Russia (1850–1870). The majority of his ballet music was composed for the works of the ballet master Jules Perrot, who mounted nearly every one of his ballets to scores by Pugni. In 1850 Perrot departed London for Russia, having accepted the position of ''Premier maître de ballet'' of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres at the behest of Carlotta Grisi, who was engaged as ''Prima ballerina''. Cesare Pugni followed Perrot and Grisi to Russia, and remained in the imperial capital even after Grisi's departure in 1853 and Perrot's departure i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Minkus
Ludwig Minkus (), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826, Vienna – 7 December 1917, Vienna), was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violinist and teacher of music. Minkus is noted for the music he composed during his career in St. Petersburg, Russia. Beginning in 1871 Minkus served in the official post of ''Composer of Ballet Music'' to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, a position he held until it was abolished upon his retirement in 1886. During his long career in St. Petersburg, Minkus composed for the original works and revivals staged by the ballet masters Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa. Among the composer's most celebrated compositions is his score for '' La source'' (1866; composed jointly with Léo Delibes), ''Don Quixote'' (1869); and ''La Bayadère'' (1877). Minkus composed many pieces for older works. The most well-known of Minkus's additional music is the ''Grand Pas classique'' and ''Mazurka des enfants'' composed for Petipa's 1881 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850s Ballets
Year 185 ( CLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lascivius and Atilius (or, less frequently, year 938 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 185 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed. * Publius Helvius Pertinax is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the British Roman legions who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor. * Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus. * Commodus drains Rome's treasury to put on gladiatorial spectacles and confiscates property to support his pleasures. He participates as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballets By Arthur Saint-Léon
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] |
The Invisible Dog Art Center
The Invisible Dog Art Center is a museum and arts centre, arts center in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, established by Lucien Zayan in 2009. The center gets its name from being a former ''invisible dog'' factory. Some buckles, belts, molds, and industrial fixtures remain as remnants throughout the building. The Art Center now plays host to performance and visual art, as well as artists in residence, some of whom have taken on inspiration from the industrial nature of their surroundings. History Lucien Zayan pitched his idea to the owner after discovering the space in 2008. Upon taking ownership, Zayan immediately cleaned the building, collected all the remnants from the building's days as a factory, and held a flea market. He later said, "What was junk at first glance turned out to be a treasure-trove of vintage merchandise and furniture–particularly the thousands of belts on hand from the 1960s." In March 2013, American video game and art magazine Kill Screen used th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Gerdt
Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt (), also known as Paul Gerdt (22 November 1844, near Saint Petersburg, Russia – 12 August 1917, in Vamaloki, Finland, Russian Republic), was the ''Premier Danseur Noble'' of the Mariinsky Ballet, Imperial Ballet, the Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, and the Mariinsky Theatre for 56 years, making his debut in 1860, and retiring in 1916.Gerdt Family, in: The International Encyclopedia of Dance, Oxford University Press, 1998/2005 His daughter Elizaveta Gerdt was also a prominent ballerina and teacher. Gerdt studied under Christian Johansson, Alexander Pimenov (a pupil of the legendary Charles Didelot), and with Jean-Antoine Petipa (Marius Petipa's father, a master of the old pantomime and a student of Auguste Vestris). He was known as the "Blue Cavalier" of the Saint Petersburg stage, creating the roles of nearly every lead male character throughout the latter half of the 19th century, among them Prince Désiré in ''The Sleeping B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Sokolova
Evgenia Pavlovna Sokolova (; 1 December 1850 – 2 August 1925) was a Russian dancer and educator. She was one of the most famous ballerinas of her period and later became a famous ballet teacher. She was born in Saint Petersburg (later Leningrad) and studied at the Imperial Ballet Academy there with Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and Christian Johansson, graduating in 1869. She subsequently joined the Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg. She performed the leading roles in Petipa's ballets '' Les Aventures de Pélée'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', '' Roxana, the Beauty of Montenegro'', '' Mlada'', '' Night and Day'', '' The Sacrifices to Cupid'' and '' Pygmalion''. She taught advanced classes at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1902 to 1904 and again from 1920 to 1923. Her students included Anna Pavlova, Vera Trefilova, Tamara Karsavina, Lyubov Yegorova and Olga Spessivtseva Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (; 16 September 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
