Essay On Eifman's Ballet

The first experience of watching a ballet, for me or any little girl, can be fascinating and exhilarating. Wondering how a dancer can be so steady on her toes as she spins in circles and leaps through the air. Watching a ballet, there is a feeling of wanting to be graceful, as well as the warm sensation felt by a little girl as she slips into dream land. My mom had taken me to my first ballet when I was 11 years old. When we returned home home, she signed me up for classes at the local dance center. The expectations to become a prima ballerina would involve much hard work and concentration. I knew when I started it would take years of steady practice and commitment. Learning the history of ballet and the famous

Ballet is one of the most beautiful, graceful dances known to the dancing world. From the tutu to the pointe shoes the need to see the expression of the steps given. Being able to see how the illusion of a flying princess is one of the most mysteries that come with a ballet show. The history of Ballet has evolved into one of the most well-known type of dances in the world this is from only the men having roles in the ballet to women being able to express emotion.

Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring “ are two of the most influential ballets to ever be recorded. Their ballets have been played and duplicated for many years. I will start this paper with a summary of each composer which will include where they are from culturally, geographically and musically. Then I talk about each ballet. Where it was written, the story behind each piece, and its reception now and its reception at the time it was published. I will also include the popularity of each ballet in other forms such as Disney. Finally, I will provide a detailed concert report of each ballet.

Mrs. Farrell’s book is quite technical when it comes to the lengthy descriptions of the dances she rehearses and performs; from a dancer’s view these varied conclusions of the types of movements she was dancing is quite astonishing. In fact, it adds a whole new level to the imagination that can come alive in a person’s thoughts when they read an expressive book. Although the technical explanations will excited, astound, and reveal how much passion and deep meaning ballet had in Suzanne Farrell’s life, but a reader, who may not be involved in the arts will be unfamiliar with the ballet and musical terms in

As a piece of choreography, “La Petite Mort” expresses the motifs of sexuality and death through the contrasts between levels of energy, confidence, and elevation. Translating directly from French to “little death”, the phrase “petite mort” also serves as a French idiom representing sexual climax. The comparison of the supposed pleasure of a sexual act, and act associated with creation, with death evokes strong emotions for both dancers and audience members alike. The piece runs for approximately seventeen minutes and consists of twelve dancers, six males and six females, and a wide array of symbolic props, including swords (foils), dresses that stand without support, and more. The tension and lack thereof between dancers and between a dancer and his or her prop can be felt palpably by the audience. Between sections of the piece, the male dancers carry an enormous cloth which glides through the air gracefully like a scarf, and the lights dim, creating a sense of mystery which is consistent with the feelings of the audience in trying to figure out how to deal with these two conflicting ideas.

The premier of the newly renovated Swan Lake on January 15, 1895 is “considered a historical date in ballet” (Korobkov) and the score “marks a turning point not just in [Tchaikovsky’s] own creative development but the evolution of ballet music as a musical genre” (Francis). This is the first time a Russian ballet illustrated the shift between different cultural eras and artistic styles. Prior to Swan Lake, ballet was thought of as irrelevant in a revolutionary society that is Russia. After the revolution in 1917, Russian “government wanted to ‘sweep the slate clean of everything that went back to the aristocracy’…ballet got a pass in the end because Vladimir Lenin understood the potential it had to transmit information to the largely illiterate Russian masses” (Schonbek).

Mime should be used only when the ballet’s style dictates it, in other cases the dancer’s whole body, not only the hands, should be used to communicate.

Being a ballet, Cinderella also contains multiple spectacular dances throughout the play. The first act contains two marvelous dances with very skilled maneuvers. These two dances include, “A Room in Cinderella’s House”, and “The Magic Begins”. The second act contains one more wonderful dance entitled “The Ball at the Prince’s Castle”. The last act contains two happy dances including “The Day After the Ball” and “The Wedding.” Overall, the dancers in Cinderella did a breathtaking job producing dance routines told the familiar story of Cinderella by touching the hearts of each audience member as they were reminded of the importance of true love. Unfortunately, the time and effort required by the choreographers to create such inspiring dance pieces often go unthought of by most of the audience members. The pursuing paragraphs will reflect on the performed dances “A Room in Cinderella’s House” and “The Wedding” regarding the skills of the individual dancers along with the overall effectiveness of the dance designs by choreographers relating to the

From the very beginning, The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky strengthens in a volatile sense of harmonious movements. The Rite of Spring is quite different from classical ballets whose subtle interchange of the curvaceous, subjective lithesome in the flow of time that romanticism savored. In this particular dance which was carefully planned by Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky’s rhythms hit and batter; although highly asymmetric they are still pounded in such a new way that the score requires innovation in harmonious representation to make Stravinsky's invention workable. In this dance, there is no way are these rhythms presented subtly, in fact, they are habitually stricken out in harmony by the huge orchestra that the work uses. Undeniably, one of the most enjoyable facets of a noble performance, even without dance convention, is the way that it looks. Their grey outfit and sporadic black tops make them a perfect blend.

Through the use of their bodies, the performers told the stories of not only, Nora, Miss Julie, and Hedda Gabler, but of every relationship, even though the storyline gets lost somewhere in the middle, during a performance using the trapeze bar, they soon get back on point finishing with and scaringly beautiful piece where the three leading ladies are left in a spotlight performing on a set of uneven poles as snow falls on top of them. The vision is haunting as the bruises on the legs of the performers are clear to be seen by everyone and the slowness of the act is breathtaking leaving the audience in silence. Every movement was finished graceful and strong both at the same time, before easily flowing into the next creating a form of wild, erratic and magical dancing. The ultimate message from this performance is that love is a battlefield, and no matter how hard we fight sometime we have to let

The main purpose of this film is to tell the story of Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya. In other words, the goal is to show her life during the period of time from the start of her dancing career in 1934 until her death in 2015. One of the biggest history aspects of the film will centralize on how WWII and post-war USSR have affected her career, individuality and personal life. Also, the film will contain parts where people, who knew or worked with Maya Plisetskaya, will share memories and their points of view on some of the events, shown in the film. Some of the people are ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bolshoi Theatre director Vladimir Urin and Plisetskaya's niece and ballet dancer Anna Plisetskaya.

Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare, has been called a masterpiece of Shakespeare's comic play. Additionally, it constructed a prototype of the modern romantic comedy. In Twelfth Night, various kinds of love is portrayed such as unrequited love, homosexual love, and so on. This essay mainly focuses on the love relationship between Viola and Orsino. I chose this theme because I wondered why Orsino suddenly gave up Olivia and decided to marry Viola at the end of the play.

Football is a very physically demanding sport. According to Taylor (1969), “Professional football is basically a physical assault by one team upon another in desperate fight for land.” (pg. 23) The body is used as weapon to prevent an opposing player from crossing into another's territory. The body must be strong and well equipped to endure the stresses of physical contact. The body is very susceptible to injury when engaging in football. It is important for those who participate in football train their bodies effectively. The same can be said for ballet. It is a physically demanding activity as well but the body is used as a form of expression. According to Huwyler M.D. (2002), “ For the dancer, his body in his means of expression, the

Ballet has never been my strongest style, although I feel that I have been able to become more of a well-rounded dancer. From the start I have wanted to gain so much with my goals, as well as to find ways to make my movement quality softer.In ballet this semester gave me an opportunity to focus on all of the goals that I wished to work on. Over the semester, I have noticed that I picked up a lot of material, more than I thought when I do not overthink the material and not get stressed out. I noticed that I freaked out in class so much which reflected on my technique and being able to be confident with my movement.

I started ballet when I was 5 years old. At first I did not want to join ballet. But my mom forced me to join. When I tried out, I was really enjoying the class. But I did not want to show that I did enjoy it.