Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty'

Giambattista Basile’s dark rendition of “Sleeping Beauty,” entitled, “Sun, Moon and Talia,” is a story that brings the reader into a world that encompasses the idea of women being submissive creatures only valued for their beauty and at the mercy of men. The 2014 movie Maleficent, directed by Robert Stromberg, tries to subvert the notions of a male patriarchy by establishing Maleficent as an unlikely hero whose motivations go beyond the classic architype of a handsome prince claiming a one dimensional princess. Despite the movies attempts at establishing a more feminist friendly view of “Sleeping Beauty,” both Maleficent, and “Sun, Moon and Talia,” reduce the central characters of Aurora and Talia to simple props; completely devoid of

The story of Sleeping Beauty is told in many different forms and is most famous from Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. For example, the fairytale “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” by Charles Perrault is quite different than Disney 's version. This fairytale should be researched because it has an interesting historical background and it is still culturally relevant to this day. The three main points that will be discussed about Sleeping Beauty in this paper is historical background, the different ways this fairytale is represented, and the cultural significance this story has on society. Researching this story has opened my eyes that the Sleeping Beauty movie I

As world has changed over the last century or so, the ballet world has been changing with it. There are many people who have helped shape that change. The changes in style were mainly influenced by George Balanchine. George Balanchine, a Russian choreographer and ballet dancer, also known as the father of American ballet, was the man who was said to have changed the style of ballet forever. Along with these changes in style came changes in visual design elements, inspirational figures, and changes in what the ballets themselves tend to rely on. Many of the features given to ballet in Russia in the 15th and 16th century still remain to this day, but many features have been altered to fit . Let’s take a closer look at what features truly

More specifically this tale takes place in the Victorian Era, in which many of the characters do not reflect the values that were taught open them this time period. Where aggressive and dominating behavior is seen as masculine, and sensitive and submissive acts are considered feminine, Carroll paints a picture of a society where these qualities are switched. The Victorian Era was a strict time for women, where they were expected to act “proper” at all times, especially in public and in the presence of men, emphasizing that a woman was expected to be innocent and almost completely arrogant of intellectual opinion at all times. Additionally, Charles Perrault’s “Sleeping Beauty in the Wood”, demonstrates the traditional expectations upon males at the time, portraying masculine characteristics through the prince. He is shown as a power figure, as his relationship with sleeping beauty expresses his need for dominance as she is the damsel in distress. The tale reads, “A young and gallant prince is always brave, however; so he continued on his way, and presently reached a large forecourt” (Perrault 51). Due to the expectation of bravery, independence and assertiveness upon males, the prince had saved the princess from the 100-year slumber, satisfying his masculinity. Furthermore, an English poet named,

Listening to Music class has taught me a new way to listen and enjoy music. I have learned how to differentiate the melodies, rhythms, and instruments in a song. It has also introduced me to different genres in the music world, aside from what is usually played on the radio. I can now attend any concert, listen to any genre, or watch any ballet and easily recognize the many specific aspects the music being played has. Ballets are very interesting to me. The audience is able to enjoy the music being played as it is telling a story, and being acted out through the performer’s body language. In the two ballets, The Rite of Spring and The Nutcracker, a great story is told in both referencing the many great dynamics music has. These two specific ballets are written by different composers, and each one of them have certain conditions they were written under. As well as different receptions, popularity, and development. The Rite of Spring and The Nutcracker’s differences has made some sort of an impact in the performing world back then as well as now.

There many different versions of Sleeping Beauty. They can range from the downtrodden original version to Disney’s Sleeping Beauty was based of the story by Grimm Brothers. Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, although seen as a literary/film classic, can actually be seen as a degradation to women with its stereotypical perceptions of women and classic sexist storyline and some racist ideas.

Children 's stories have been around for some eras. They have been read to kids everywhere throughout the world in view of how they can identify with youngsters regardless of what society they originate from. One of the even more surely understood children 's stories is 'Sleeping Beauty '. The most generally known form today is the Disney motion picture, made in 1959. This film depended on the Grimm 's variant of Sleeping Beauty called 'Little Brier-Rose’, which was composed in 1812 in Germany. Another less known rendition of Sleeping Beauty is 'Sun, Moon and Talia’, which was composed in 1634 Italy by Giambattista Basile. The primary parts are a princess reviled to a profound rest until an aristocrat wakes her with a kiss. The characters in the stories may have numerous distinctions however; the key qualities that are perceived in Sleeping Beauty characters are still evident.

I agree, Vipa. This is an astonishing ballet that just keeps revealing more and more every time one sees it. It's so rich in texture and emotion. I couldn't help but notice the utter differences in both the Gomes work and the "new" Ratmansky with the Balanchine. While both of the newer pieces are clumsy and cluttered, the Balanchine seemed fresh and totally in the present. Unadorned; only ravishing movement. No choreographer living and working today can come up to Mr. B's standard. No one can reveal what dance can and should be. No one can really move us beyond the superficial that is presented so much to us these days. Dance over... bye, bye. But with Balanchine it stays burned in the memory and continues to speak to us even after

Who was the composer who made the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake hmmmmm I think that as Mozart no. To start off Tchaikovsky was the second of six children. The mom that gave birth to those six Children was Ilya Tchaikovsky. She was a manager of the Kamsko-Votkinsk metal works.the father, Alexandra Assier,was a descendant of French émigrés. His earliest fascinations came from a orchestrina, which is any of a group of small keyboard instruments related to the harmonium,.

Beauty and the Beast represents a story about how looks can be deceiving and misleading. For example, in the beginning of the movie, the prince looks to pass the old woman’s kindness and offering and focuses his attention more on her physical appearance and decides to dismiss her. Before the prince dismisses the old woman, he starts to feel peer pressure from his guest because the woman makes him the spot of attention. The prince reacts with a natural flow that everybody expects him to follow. No one ever taught the prince about kindness and helping others, so it wasn’t just him rejecting the woman, it was everybody in the kingdom rejecting the woman too. When the woman transforms into an enchantress, everybody laughter turns into gasp for air from being shocked. The story takes place in France, which is very religious, so when they saw the old hag use magic they figured that she was an evil witch, the prince feared the Enchantress because of her magic, that’s why he had pleaded for her forgiveness. As a result, in turning down the enchantress offering, the woman puts a spell on the whole kingdom, which turns the prince into a humongous terrifying beast and the servants into talking household objects. The spell makes sure that the beast and everyone else in the kingdom will suffer by taking everybody’s

The maintaining of certain ideas and motifs is paramount in the creation of a textual transformation and the conventions of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ appropriations manifests themselves throughout these compositions. The archetypes of the modern alterations of ‘Briar Rose’ including true love and the spinning wheel and are able to evoke a sense of familiarity, facilitating positive emotional responses from the responders. The notion of true love resonates within the three texts but in different forms. Specifically, ‘Briar Rose’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’ explores a very superficial love and the importance of marriage through the embodiment of ‘love at first sight’. Despite the continuation of this theme throughout the transformations, this concept is altered

King Florestan XXIV and his wife the Queen are busy celebrating the birth of their infant daughter, Princess Aurora. The occasion is marked by the presence of six of the kingdom’s good fairies, each with a gift to bless the young Princess. Before the Lilac Fairy is able to bestow her gift upon the baby Aurora, the happy celebration is interrupted by something more sinister. Suddenly the accompaniment takes on a darker and anxious tone, as the evil fairy Carabosse makes an unwelcome entrance in the scene. Either due to an accident or a deliberate decision, Carabosse was not invited to the christening and intends to make the royal family pay for the “mistake.” In contrast to the positive gifts of the good fairies, the evil fairy places a twisted curse upon the infant princess. While Aurora will indeed grow up to be beautiful, Carabosse declares that on her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick her finger on a spindle and meet her demise. The prologue is the first introduction to Carabosse’s motif, which is characterized by the use of lower instruments to represent the villain’s arrival. Tchaikovsky plays upon traditional curse motif in this scene; as a result, trombones and tubas pervade the texture with sudden, loud shrieks to represent the distress and chaos of the situation. Underneath the brass instruments, cellos and basses play upon the

Disney’s animated film, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, centres around the female lead, Aurora, and from the very beginning, a huge emphasis is placed on her physical characteristics and unrealistic body proportions. In a scene at the start of the film, infant Aurora is blessed with magic gifts from each of the three fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Each of the fairies bestowed upon Aurora one gift; the first of which, from Flora, was beauty, and the second of which, from Fauna, was the gift of song. Aurora was to have, ‘Sunshine in her hair,’ with, ‘Lips that shame the red, red, rose.’ This strong emphasis on physical traits and beauty reinforces gender ideals in women and carries the negative message that being beautiful is more important than having other traits such as kindness and

'It seems to me, my dear friend, that the music of this ballet will be one of my best creations. The subject is so poetic, so grateful for music, that 1 have worked on it with enthusiasm and written it with the warmth and enthusiasm upon which the worth of a composition always depends." - Tchaikovsky, to Nadia von Meck.

In order to better illustrate the transformation of women from within tales like “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” to the more recent portrayals, one must