Swan Lake and The Rite of Spring are ballet performances with Russian backgrounds. Swan Lake‚ a well known classical ballet‚ was choreographed by Marius Petipa in the late 1800s. The Rite of Spring‚ however‚ was performed in the early 1900s with a contemporary twist on classical ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinksy. Both pieces presented numbers of similarities such as the dancers‚ symmetry on stage‚ the act of pantomiming and music. The dances contained the principals and the corps de ballet
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Stravinsky’s developmental context Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17‚ 1882 – April 6‚ 1971) is known not just for the breadth of diversity acknowledged in his oeuvre‚ but for the impact and contribution it has made on Western culture‚ particularly music. Indeed‚ Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people of the 20th century. At the time of Stravinsky’s birth‚ Imperial Russia was undergoing immense change in all areas of society. Upon his accession to the Russian throne
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Music Analysis – Asher Harris Contemporary Classical Music‚ a modern from of art music that began in the 1920s to the present day. This style will be able to show the audience for the annual Young composers’ symposium the characteristics‚ tone and style of Contemporary Classical Music. A Brief history At the turn of the century‚ music was characteristically late Romantic in style. Composers such as Gustav Mahler‚ Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic
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The Rite of Spring by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) had been composed in 1913 and is considered a masterpiece of the twentieth century. Despite being considered such a prolific piece‚ it serves as quite paradoxical when it comes to its rather contradictory and ambivalent background. The composition process had been approached in a different style to much of his other works‚ involving myth‚ folklore and traditionalism and all of which surround this rather haunting yet admirable
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DANC 100-6 Research Assignment Michel Fokine When ballet director Sergei Diaghilev ordered a young artist to “astonish” him‚ he was setting the tone of his own temperament as well as that of the twentieth century modern art in general. Diaghilev greatly valued imaginative‚ creative choreography and strongly encouraged it within his Ballets Russes to five of the biggest ballet choreographers of the century‚ including Michel Fokine. All of Diaghilev’s early triumphs were choreographed pieces
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May 29‚ 1913 a ballet was held at the Champs Élysées Theatre by Stravinsky called The Rite of Spring. This piece was “a celebration of pagan rituals that eventually leads to a sacrifice of a chosen young woman to propitiate the gods of spring." However‚ the premiere had not gone as planned. The audience was not fully ready for what they were going to encounter throughout the performance‚ therefore‚ a riot had begun. Which eventually had ended the performance early (p.305). Now the ballet might not
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Kennedy Kern 8th Grade 3/8/18 Saint-Saens Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a Romantic composer. He was born on October 9‚ 1835 in Paris‚ France and died on December 16‚ 1921 in Algeria. Some of Saint-Saens most famous pieces are Carnival of the Animals‚ Cello Concerto‚ and Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Saint-Saens is most famous for playing the piano and organ. Saint-Saens mostly wrote concertante works. He was a child prodigy on the piano. His first recital was in 1846 at the age of 11.
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concertos‚ ballets and symphonies that have been written and performed since 1900. This era had no particular dominant style and composers have created highly diverse kinds of music. One impressionist piece that demonstrates these characteristics is Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring‚ The Kiss of The Earth (1913) is a pinnacle 20th century orchestral piece‚ which boldly rejected structured harmony and the comfort of a traditional orchestral composition (Toor‚ 2010). Furthermore
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Topic: Coco Chanel General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech the audience will know better about Coco Chanel. Thesis: Coco Chanel brought the world of high fashion to the masses. Introduction I. Does anyone know what this logo is? A. I am assuming most of women in this room know what this is. B. This is Chanel logo‚ one of the most famous fashion brand in the world. C. A lot of women know Chanel and they are fascinated of Chanel products‚ but how many people
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The Rite of Spring was only performed seven times before the breakout of the First World War. Prior to the war‚ Diaghilev‚ the director of Ballets Russes has dismissed Nijinsky after he had married on tour with Ballets Russes but due to the upheaval of this event‚ Diaghilev was ready to revive the performance under Nijinsky’s choreography. However‚ Nijinsky was in mental decline and thus‚ this was not possible and he took no further part in the ballet after 1917. It was now important to find another
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