Poiret who at the height of his career in pre-World War I France was the undisputed "King of Fashion." His sweeping vision led to a new silhouette that liberated women from the corset and introduced the shocking colors and exotic references of the Ballets Russes to the haute couture. "The historic significance and influence of Poiret’s work is breathtaking‚ and felt in fashion to the present day‚" said Harold Koda‚ Curator in Charge of the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. "Poiret pioneered a seductive
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Jules Joseph Perrot a ballet dancer for numerous of years. He choreographed many ballets in France and Russia. Perrot created one plotless ballet. Jules Joseph Perrot was known as the Balletmaster‚ in St. Petesburg‚ Russia. Jules Joseph Perrot born August 18‚1810 and died August 18‚1892. He was French virtuoso dancer and master choreographer. He was recognized for creating some of the most known ballets of the Romantic period. His talent began in his native Lyon by imitating the comic dancer Charles
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of view‚ different axes‚ and different light sources in the same picture. By 1912 they had taken Cubism further by gluing paper and other materials onto their canvases. Between 1917 and 1924 Picasso designed stage sets for five ballets for Sergey Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. In the 1920s and ’30s‚ the Surrealists spurred him to explore new subject matter‚ particularly the image of the Minotaur. The Spanish Civil War inspired perhaps his greatest work‚ the enormous Guernica (1937)‚ whose violent imagery
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When Maria joined the New York City Ballet in 1948‚ she danced to Balanchine’s choreography in his version of The Nutcracker. She was the first person to dance as the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was also around this time that Maria officially began to be known as Maria Tallchief by combining the two parts of her birth surname. In 1947 Maria Tallchief‚ the shy young Native American from a tiny town in Oklahoma‚ became the first prima ballerina‚ of the New York City Ballet. She continued to hold this tittle
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themselves they had to pick cotton‚ and do domestic work. At an early age Alvin showed interest in art by drawing pictures. When Alvin first discovered dance and fell in love with concert dance‚ he was at a junior high school field trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlos. Inspired by performances of the
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bitonality‚ atonality‚ and polyrhythms. (Chapt. 2) During the twentieth century‚ radio‚ television‚ and recordings had a direct impact on the listening habits of the public. Various institutions regularly commissioned new music. These include: ballet and opera companies‚ foundations‚ orchestras‚ performers‚ film studios‚ and wealthy music lovers. Also impacting the direction of Twentieth-Century music was the emigration of many famous composers to the United States because of World War II‚ the
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aspect of Stravinsky’s second and third ballets is their bitonality‚ which is the use of two different keys at the same time‚ as seen with the juxtaposition of the two chords in "Dance of the Young Girls". According to Alfred Casella‚ the composer can be seen as the primogenitor of polytonality‚ as The Rite of Spring presents bitonality properly and is not just "a more or less happy ’experiment’ " (1924: 164). However‚ polytonality can be found in his previous ballet as well. Two major triads‚ C Major
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Fauvism Fauvism‚ French Fauvisme‚ was a style of painting that flourished in France from 1898 to 1908 and used pure‚ brilliant color‚ applied straight from the paint tubes in an aggressive‚ direct manner to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas. The Fauves painted directly from nature as the Impressionists had before them‚ but their works were invested with a strong expressive reaction to the subjects they painted. First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905‚ Fauvist paintings shocked visitors
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The style is Cubist although Chagall has not fragmented the apple tree – Perhaps to ensure that this element of the painting remains clear and sure in the world of realism: This in itself an idiosyncrasy: Although entirely conventional and representational of the truth for a deeply religious man‚ as was Marc Chagall. The ambience of this oil painting is joyful thanks to the fresh green and yellow hues which dominate the composition. The red and blue of the apple tree denote danger - Red is a color
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their lives. The name of the town was Navasota where he and his mother lived‚ at around 12 years of age they moved to Los Angeles where he learned to speak fluently in different languages. Ailey was inspired in the art of dance after seeing the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform; from that point on‚ dance was his passion. In 1949‚ Ailey studied modern dance with Lester Horton‚ thus joining the company after one year. Ailey also studied under Martha Graham. Ailey achieved his greatest fame with
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