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 by Fokine‚ as the Diaghilev company allowed him to
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Introduction Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev commonly known as Serge outside Russia‚ was a Russian promoter‚ ballet impresario and art critic. He was the founder and patron of the Ballets Russes‚ which is credited with producing many famous dancers and choreographers. Sergei is remembered all over the world as one of the greatest ballet personalities that have ever lived. He was born on March 31‚ 1872 in Russia in an affluent family with a history in music. He initially studied law at the University
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The Ballet Russe Dance‚ as we know it today‚ has evolved into a tremendously popular aesthetically pleasing form of entertainment. It merges with other forms of art to create one master piece‚ a sort of melting pot of art. Before the time of Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe‚ dancing was not nearly as exciting and stimulating to watch‚ much less as popular. In the mere twenty years of its existence‚ “the Ballet Russe accomplished more in the development of the art form than any single institution
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In the world of dance‚ George Balanchine and William Forsythe have changed the way ballet is structured by sculpting the end of the 19th century classical ballet movements to modern contemporary movements‚ introducing neoclassical ballet. Neoclassical ballet defines the body’s lines and angles. They have both created various original works paired with radical patterns‚ costumes‚ setting‚ movement and music . Forsythe is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. With Balanchine’s
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Everyone in the world has grown up on Disney. Whether a person is a toddler or an elderly person‚ they have‚ at least heard of Disney. One thing that Disney is known for is having family friendly movies with phenomenal musical scores. A movie that will possibly stick out to older people would be Fantasia. This movie is famous for adding a motion picture storyline to classical music. Disney spared no expense in utilizing music from the best composers of all time. Some compositions were written by
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Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff was born on April 1st‚ 1873 in Semyonovo‚ Russia on an estate owned by his grandparents that bordered Lak Ilmen. Sergei was born into an experienced military family. His grandmother‚ Arkady‚ was a retired army general and a cadet school teacher‚ his father‚ Vasily‚ a retired army officer‚ and his mother‚ Lubov‚ the daughter of an army general. Sergei also had two sisters‚ Yelena and Sofia. Both of Sergei’s parents were amateur pianists‚ and at a young age it was his
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Composer Biography Pick a composer who has not been discussed in the course‚ and research the answers to the following questions. Composer: _Maurice Ravel________________ Born (year and city): _1875‚ Ciboure‚ France__ Died (year and city): __1937‚ Paris__________ 1. With which period or movement is he most commonly associated? While some scholars argue that Ravel’s musical aesthetic was closest to the Impressionism of Claude Debussy‚ many others say that he developed a musical
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Enrico Cecchetti: the Man that Revolutionized the World of Ballet “Aim at softness and ease in your performance of a dance. Endeavor that all shall be harmonious. However hard you work at your lessons or at rehearsals‚ let none of this effort be visible in your performance. There must be no sign of concentration‚ exertion‚ or tension. All must be free and natural. For the true art is that which conceals the labor that produced it (Enrico Cecchetti)”. Born in a dressing room of a Roman theatre Enrico
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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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LECTURE 15 From Romanticism to Modernism – Ballet Thursday‚ May 22 Announcements and Reminders Concert reports due no later than today Paper due date: Tuesday‚ June 3 Final: Not cumulative (starts after Beethoven) Wed.‚ June 11‚ 12-2pm Similar format as midterm Study guide to come next week Outline I. Late Romantic Ballet (traditional) a. Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty II. Music in the Age of Modernism: The 20th Century III. Modern Ballets a. Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon
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