Ballet did not suddenly appear in one day, but experienced a long process of growth. Italy, as the hometown of many great dancers, is the birthplace of this formal dance. At the beginning, nobles danced purely for their own amusement.
Soon, this fashion spread to France. Louis XIV was a cool dancer. He and his entourage often performed elaborate dances in the extension of the palace, but later he stopped dancing because of obesity. However, his love for dance has not diminished. According to his appeal, the court allocated special funds to train professional dancers so that the dance performance could continue.
166 1 The Dance Academy established in France is the first dance school in the world, where the first five ballet schools were founded. In fact, so many ballet moves are created and named here, so the terminology of ballet all over the world has always followed French.
The first dancers were all men. In 168 1 year, women began to join professional performances and play some humble roles. However, by the middle of the18th century, women had completely dominated the stage, and they played all the roles of men. Although male dancers disappeared to land in Europe at that time, they still had great strength and influence in Russia.
1738, French ballet master Jean-batiste? Rondai established the first ballet school in Petersburg (now Leningrad). Students are children of servants in the czar's court, and all expenses are provided by the czar's family. This is the predecessor of the world-famous Kirov Dance School.
The pioneering work of tiptoe dance in the dancer family took place at the mercy of 1820. Mary? In the performance of "Fairy" on 1832, Tarioni put on a long white gauze dress for the first time and danced on tiptoe, turning a new page in the history of ballet and opening a great romantic ballet era.
Although the art of ballet has made great progress, it has recently shown a declining trend in most parts of Europe. Only Denmark and Russia continue to produce excellent plays and excellent actors.
The French introduced ballet to Russia, 1909, and a Russian brought it back to France. He injected mysterious charm and vitality into French ballet. Sergey DiaGilev led ballets russes to Paris and showed the world his extraordinary dancer vatslav nijinsky. The first performance shocked Paris, and Nikinsky's career-like amazing leap spread throughout Europe. Anna pavlova, the most famous ballet star in the world, was also a member of the dance company.
Before ballets russes's director Fu Jin dramatically resumed ballet, ballets russes had no prestige in Europe, and dancing was not considered a serious occupation. Most dancers come from dance families or problem families. Because rich Jin's choreographer and ballet master Enrico? Cecchetti's teaching method changed the face of ballet in one fell swoop. In their ballet, Russian dancers showed the public that they were real artists, and they had good practice and elegant manners, which was in sharp contrast with the stout actresses wrapped in corsets that filled the stage at that time. Cecchetti and Fujin made the dancer's muscular legs slender and slim.
In the next 50 years, ballet grew slowly and comfortably, with some new troupes and some new programs. Many dancers use Russian names to attract the attention of their ugly audience.
196 1 year, Rudolf, a famous dancer in Kirov? Nuriev separated from Russia and joined the western world. His amazing dancing and energetic spirit attracted a large number of ballet audiences, and people rushed to the theater to see his dancing. Margo, the greatest ballet dancer of the Royal Ballet? Fang Ting, when she was about to leave the stage at the age of 42, found a new starting point in her career in cooperation with Nuriev; The prisoners think that the heyday of her career has passed and she has reached the most glorious day of her career.
1974 Another Russian actor, Mikhail Baleshnikov, left Kirov Ballet and joined the American Ballet Theatre during his visit to Canada.
Nowadays, ballet is more popular than ever, and people's enthusiasm for ballet is growing day by day, which is largely attributed to Nuriev and Baleshnikov. Their glamorous Russian spirit and superb skills have made ballet audiences all over the world feast their eyes.
Although ballet is a highly standardized art with a history of 300 years, you can still find that each troupe has its own characteristics. No matter in performance or practice, there are many kinds of growth and interpretation of artistic spirit and interest.
There are three popular classical ballet exercises today, namely Cecchetti, Royal Dance Academy and Russian School. Although many locations and drills are the same, there are also subtle differences. The exercises shown in the pictures in this book are mainly based on the Cecchetti School. Some exercises may be different from what you learn, because your school teaches other exercises, or your teacher has different understandings and explanations of the unified style.
In terms of performance, the spirit and characteristics of ballet in different countries are also different. Russian ballet is fluent and pays attention to strength; French actors emphasize elegance; The British spirit is beautiful and exquisite; Danish actors have extremely high feet and light dancing, often accompanied by quick movements; If you see an actor who is quick and full of life, he is probably from America. Of course, every choreographer will also inject his own spirit into the dance!
The works of the Russian Imperial Ballet Theatre and Dia Gilev's "Russian Ballet Times" constitute the focus of classical ballet repertoire, and almost all ballet companies in the world often perform these programs in turn. However, there are different versions of the unified compilation. Different schools of thought, spirit and artistic taste of directors make the performance present a colorful picture.
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