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Opening Agenda

Opening Agenda. Things to Get: Handouts from the front of the room Notebook paper (2) Things to Do: Opener: Annoucements Diaghelev’s Ballet Russe Class work: Notes and Video clips over Ballet in the Modern Era Closer: Application- Illustrated Timeline. Opener.

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Opening Agenda

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  1. Opening Agenda • Things to Get: • Handouts from the front of the room • Notebook paper (2) • Things to Do: • Opener: Annoucements • Diaghelev’s Ballet Russe • Class work: Notes and Video clips over Ballet in the Modern Era • Closer: Application- Illustrated Timeline

  2. Opener In the first paragraph it states: “they filled the Theatre du Chatclet, a venue for mediocre melodramas.” What are melodramas? (Not in the reading, in your brain!) How did Diaghileu get the “well-to-do” Parisians to a run-down theater? Did Diaghileu’s Ballet Russe (Russian Ballet) ever perform in Russia? Complete this sentence: ____________ body motions stole the show. What Impressionist composer and modern painter worked with and created works for the Ballet Russe? What was the Ballet Russe’s impact on ballet? Describe an event that shows an example of the audiences outrage that the ballet would inspire? Where did the Ballet Russe get the subject matter for their ballets? (5) What is an influence that the Ballet Russe had on modern ballet? How would Diaghileu take a Petipa ballet and make it his own? What idea did Diaghileu foster? What does it mean?

  3. Ballet in Modern Times

  4. Russian Ballet

  5. Russian Ballet- Marius Petipa • Marius Petipa came from Italy to St. Petersburg in 1847. • As ballet master of the Imperial Maryinsky (now the Kirov) Ballet, • Petipa created the core of the Russian repertoire with such works as Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. • Important composers such as Tchaikovsky collaborated with Petipa. • Rigorous training for dancers from a young age ensured brilliant technique.

  6. Swan Lake- Petipa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsTbKRNb5Y

  7. Diaghelev’sBallets Russe • Preeminent Ballet Company of first three decades of 20th C. • Led by Serge Diaghelev, the company toured Europe and N.and S. America • Choreographers included Fokine, Massine, Nijinsky and Balanchine • Dancers included Pavlova, Nijinsky and Karasavina • Scenic designers included Leon Bakst and Pablo Picasso • Composers included Stravinsky, Debussy, and Satie • When company disbanded after Diaghelev’s death in 1929, many artists moved to America

  8. Fokine • 1880-1942 • Russian (moved to America in 1923) • first learned from the Maryinsky theater • Essential to Diaghliev’s Ballet Russes success • 5 principles of reform: • dance should relate to the subject, period, and character of the music • meaning should be expressed by movement of the whole body • Ensembles and solos should do the above • alliance among all aspects of the ballet: dance, music, scenic. and costume design. • Classic Work: Firebird

  9. Firebird The Firebird is a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. The music was premiered as a ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. The ballet was staged by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet in 1949 with Maria Tallchief as the Firebird . - The ballet was restaged in 1970 for the NYC ballet with new scenery. The information above makes this what type of ballet?

  10. Firebird Stravinsky's ballet centers on the journey of its hero, Prince Ivan. Ivan enters the magical realm of Kashchei the Immortal. While wandering in the garden, he sees and chases the Firebird. The Firebird, once caught by Ivan, begs for its life and ultimately agrees to assist Ivan in exchange for eventual freedom. Next, Prince Ivan sees thirteen princesses, with one of whom he falls in love. The next day, Ivan chooses to confront Kashchei to ask to marry one of the princesses; the two talk and eventually begin quarreling. When Kashchei sends his magical creatures after Ivan, the Firebird, true to its pledge, intervenes, bewitching the creatures and making them dance an elaborate, energetic dance (the "Infernal Dance"). The creatures and Kashchei then fall asleep; however, Kashchei awakens and is killed by the Firebird. With Kashchei gone and his magic broken, the magical creatures and the palace all disappear, and all of the "real" beings (including the princesses) awaken and, with one final fleeting appearance from the Firebird, celebrate their victory.

  11. Firebird

  12. George Balanchine • (1904-1983) • founded the School of • American Ballet, which opened in 1934. • The ballet was cast mostly for women; the male parts in the ballet were not very demanding. • In the 1930s and early 1940s, he made a name for himself choreographing for musical comedies. • He choreographed Serenade, Balustrade, and Orpheus. • Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein founded the New York City Ballet, formerly known as Ballet Society.

  13. New York City Ballet • After the Ballets Russes disbanded, Balanchine was asked by Lincoln Kirstein to form a ballet company in America. • In 1933 the School of American Ballet accepted its first students. • A succession of companies evolved to become the New York City Ballet in 1948. • Balanchine created a body of works unequaled in stylistic range and emotional variety -- • Collaborated with Stravinsky and moved ballet to a purer, abstract expression • NYCB stars include Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Edward Villella, and Peter Martins.

  14. Balanchine • Stars and Stripes- 1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5hF2hQOAFE&feature=related

  15. American Ballet Theatre • The Ballet Theatre presented its first performance on Jan. 11, 1940. • Struck a balance between tradition and experimentation. • Led for 40 years by Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, ABT commissioned works by such leading choreographers as Anthony Tudor, Agnes DeMille and Jerome Robbins. • Celebrated performers have included Alicia Alonso, Rudolph Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, Antony Tudor, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, its artistic director from 1980 to 1989.

  16. Mikhail Baryshnikov • Born January 27, 1948 • Best Ballet Male Dancer of 20th Century • Began dancing in Riga, Lativa • Debut made at Maryinsky Theater in 1967 • Debut with ABA in 1974. • Principle dancer • artistic director • In 1990 he founded the White Oak project with Mark Morris • the company reflects the transformation of Russian ballet into American modern dance. • most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer because of acting ability http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsOJ0G1psUA

  17. Mikhail Baryshnikov • Transition from ballet to modern because of his age: • Aging in the arts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvb4-_3MuT0

  18. Exit Slip- Illustrated Outline • Objective: Illustrate the development of modern ballet on a timeline • Materials: White paper, markers, “wax pastels”, etc.

  19. Exit Slip- Illustrated Outline • Assignment: You will create an illustrated timeline that shows the development of modern ballet. It must include the following: • Baryshnikov, Balanchine, American Ballet Theater, Diaghelev’s Ballet Russe, New York City Ballet, Fokine, Firebird, Starts and Stripes, Swan Lake, Petipa • This is due at the end of the block. Must be intelligent!

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