Albrecht's Giselle

The history of ballet dates back to the 18th century starting with Baroque dance. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta was a famous Italian Renaissance dancing master. He was born around 1526-1535 and died around 1605-1620. His dance manual "Ballarino" was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, Nobiltà de dame, printed in 1600 and again after his death in 1630. In the 19th century there was the pre-romantic, romantic and the classical ballets. Anthony Tudor deserves an honorable mention for his choreography and teaching. Pre-romantic ballet occurred sometime circa ?? up to 1831. The romantic period covered the early to mid 1800's. This era also introduced the calf-length dress. A few of the great Romantic dancers were Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler and Carlotta Grisi. The tequnique became more developed, but the role

Giselle is considered one of the great Romantic ballets. Romantic era was late 18th and early 19th centuries. The period mainly does not follow rational movements but rather Romantic ideas in art influence the ballets. Ballets in Romantic period focus on the conflict between man and nature where as others try to bring difference to ballets from other nations. Ballerinas stand in the forefront compared to male dancers. Giselle is one of the most popular ballerinas of the period and separate identity of the scenarist from the choreographers is distinguishing feature of Giselle as being a Romantic ballet. Both the classical version of

Mats Ek is a world renowned choreographer, known for his works adapting classic ballets into ground breaking, game changing modern works of art. Mats Ek was born in Malmo Sweden in 1945, son of the choreographer Brigit Cullberg and Ander Ek, a famous Swedish actor. The young Mats Ek did not particularly want to be a dancer, and he spent some years producing plays. Soon later Mats Ek trained in classical dance with Lillian Katrina and later with Donya Feuer in 1962. After discovering his newfound love for dance Mats Ek joined the Cullberg ballet in 1973. In 1982 Mats Ek created his greatest work, the reinterpretation of the classical ballet Giselle was seen as ground breaking and inspirational creating a new

How can a move so gracious tell the story of sorrow? The sorrow created in ballet is often a calm and even when it is caused by dramatic events, does not portray the idea of violence. The glissade however, is a move full of hope. This dance can be the transition between sorrow and happiness. People often pick up that there is more that comes after the glissade. It is something like the word “and” it joins together two parts of the story. The thoughtless person may perceive ballet as simply a beautiful and gracious dance. However, to those of us, who know the history or have studied some ballet, we tend to seek to know the story behind the moves, while admiring the dance

Giselle is one of the few many famous ballets still know in the ballet world today. A little about this ballet is a peasant girl in a village

Set during the time period in France of LOUIS XIV, (Created in Russia) By Marius Pepita (French) Moved to russia in 1847 as a dancer, FIRST ballet for the composer Tchaichovsky, Rose Adagio. Other Classical Ballets by Petipa: Cinderella, Swan Lake, Baydeare, The Nutcracker

Something I found interesting is that Ballet was actually FIRST introduced during the Renaissance time and Modern dance history in Europe actually started with Renaissance (http://www.ducksters.com). There were also several new dances that were invented at the time (http://www.dancefacts.net). Music and dance were actually the main forms of entertainment (http://www.ducksters.com). However, dance quickly rose to importance among art and science (https://socialdance.stanford.edu). Unfortunately, no choreographic descriptions of the dances survived from the 14th century, the Renaissance time (https://socialdance.stanford.edu).Most dances were actually a passionate form of flirting. The actual true purpose of the dance steps were flirtations (http://dance.lovetoknow.com). Dance was considered as much a part of education as reading or eating with a knife or fork (http://dance.lovetoknow.com). Dance was mainly to socialise (http://www.streetswing.com). These are some interesting facts I learned about the past of Renaissance

She called it cour de ballet. It was named “Ballet Comique de la Reine.” This performance represented a major change of Western theatre dance history. The performance was given in a court for the new married couple and royalty. With the mixture of speech, dance, music, and storytelling, it was considered to be the first cour de ballet.

As one of the few ballets that has been performed continuously for centuries, Giselle has become one of the most renowned ballets of all time. Giselle was conceived in 1841 by Gautier specifically for the famous ballerina of the Paris Opera Ballet, Carlotta Grisi. This ballet was a product of the thriving creativity of the 19th century. The classic story tells of a young girl, Giselle, who has caught the eye of two men. As the ballet progresses, Giselle falls in love with one of the men, only to have her heart broken. Because she is weak in health, Giselle dies of heart break and is to become one of the Wilis, a clan of ghostly women who haunt men from beyond their graves. It is obvious that Giselle is from the Romantic era because of the many identifying elements that connect it to Romanticism as well as the historical influences and gender roles that are reflected in the ballet’s story.

Dance was not a new element in the theatre realm. It had been used for years as a way of interpretation of feelings of a character that the writer or director wanted the audience to feel visually. Through movement, expression of those feelings was portrayed and helped the audience to somewhat

In the opening scenes Giselle is seen joyously dancing and being pursued by her lover Albrecht. She dances with him for an extended period of time which seems to make her a little faint; at 0:13:45 in the ballet she

Scheherazade was first performed in Paris 1910. This performance was the first real making of the Ballets Russes which was directed by Serge Diaghilev. They established an individual style and manner of entertainment which made the company. Scheherazade was the first of Bakst’s international triumphs. His designs and costumes were so extraordinary and contained a sensual style.

The ballet Giselle ou Les Wilis was premiered at the Paris Opera on the 28th of June, 1841. The ballet follows the protagonist Giselle an innocent peasant who falls in love with Albrecht the Duke of Silesia, passing as a villager. When Giselle uncovers the truth behind Albrecht deceits she dies of a broken heart and is transformed into a Willy, a supernatural being. Giselle was created in the period known as the Romantic Era which was named due to the influence of romanticism throughout Europe in the 1800s. The ballet Giselle represents the Romantic Period through the portrayal of themes explored, the roles of males and females and the costuming innovations.

Cinderella is one of the most famous ballets in the world. Most people and many kids know about it through the movie but originally it was a ballet. Cinderella is composed by Sergei Prokofiev and choreograph by Rostislav Zakharov. This famous work was being composed in 1940 to1944 then finally made its appearance on November 21, 1945. It was located in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. This piece had three acts and was base on a family of three daughters.

Giselle is a classical ballet performed by the Teatro Allo Scala Ballet Company and originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The ballet company was founded in 1813 as an academy of ballet in Milan, Italy. The choreographers were famous French ballet dancers known for their choreographies in pinnacle performances such as Giselle and Childreich, King of the Franks. Giselle, a romantic ballet, was one of their most famous pieces created in 1841. It is the story of a naive peasant girl, named Giselle, who fell in love with a man that was betrothed to another. After a psychotic breakdown, she kills herself leaving her the man she loved feeling guilty about her death. After her death, Giselle was initiated into a group of supernatural beings known as the Wilis. These supernatural beings would lure men to their deaths by wooing them with their dances. Giselle finds it in her heart to forgive her guilty lover and does everything she can to save his life from the vengeful Wilis.