ebook img

The Cambridge Companion to Ballet PDF

395 Pages·2007·20.953 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview The Cambridge Companion to Ballet

TheCambridgeCompaniontoBallet Balletisaparadox:muchlovedbutlittlestudied.Itisabeautifulfairy tale;detachedfromitsoriginsandunrelatedtothemenandwomen whocreatedit.Yetballethasahistory,littleknownandrarely presented.Thesegreatworkshavedarksidesandmoralambiguities, notalwaysnorimmediatelyvisible.Thedaringandchallenging qualityofballetaswellasitsperceived‘safe’natureisnotonlyoneof itsfascinationsbutoneoftheintriguingquestionstobeexploredin thisCompanion.Theessaysrevealtheconception,intentand underlyingmeaningofballetsandre-createthehistoricalrealityin whichtheyemerged.Thereaderwillfindnewandunexpected aspectsofballet,itshistoryanditsaesthetics,theevolutionofplot andnarrative,newinsightsintotherealityoftraining,thechoiceof costumeandthetransformationofanoldartinamodernworld. The Cambridge Companion to BALLET ............ editedby MarionKant cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521539869 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2007 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2007 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN 978-0-521-83221-2hardback ISBN 978-0-521-53986-9paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsfor externalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethat anycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Listofillustrations [pagevii] Foreword IvorGuest [xi] Notesoncontributors [xiv] Chronology [xxi] Introduction MarionKant [1] (cid:2) Part I FromtheRenaissancetothebaroque:royalpowerand worldlydisplay 1 Theearlydancemanualsandthestructureofballet:abasisforItalian, FrenchandEnglishballet JenniferNevile [9] 2 Balletdecour MarinaNordera [19] 3 Englishmasques BarbaraRavelhofer [32] 4 Thebaroquebody MarkFranko [42] (cid:2) Part II Theeighteenthcentury:revolutionsintechniqueandspirit 5 Choreographyandnarrative:theballetd’actionofthe eighteenthcentury DorionWeickmann [53] 6 Theriseofballettechniqueandtraining:theprofessionalisationof anartform SandraNollHammond [65] 7 Themakingofhistory:JohnWeaverandtheEnlightenment TimBlanning [78] 8 Jean-GeorgesNoverre:danceandreform JudithChazin-Bennahum [87] 9 TheFrenchRevolutionanditsspectacles IngeBaxmann [98] (cid:2) Part III Romanticballet:balletisawoman 10 RomanticballetinFrance:1830–1850 SarahDavisCordova [113] 11 Deadly sylphs and decent mermaids: the women in the Danish romantic worldofAugustBournonville AnneMiddleboeChristensen [126] 12 Theorchestraastranslator:Frenchnineteenth-century ballet MarianE.Smith [138] 13 RussianballetintheageofPetipa LynnGarafola [151] [v] vi Contents 14 Openingthedoortoafairy-taleworld:Tchaikovsky’sballet music Th´er`eseHurley [164] 15 Theromanticballetanditscritics:dancegoespublic LuciaRuprecht [175] 16 Thesouloftheshoe MarionKant [184] (cid:2) Part IV Thetwentiethcentury:traditionbecomesmodern 17 Theballetavant-gardeI:theBalletsSue´doisanditsmodernist concept ErikNa¨slund [201] 18 Theballetavant-gardeII:the‘new’RussianandSovietdanceinthe twentiethcentury TimScholl [212] 19 GeorgeBalanchine MatildeButkas [224] 20 Balanchineandthedeconstructionofclassicism JulietBellow [237] 21 TheNutcracker:aculturalicon JenniferFisher [246] 22 FromSwanLaketoRedGirl’sRegiment:ballet’ssinicisation ZhengYangwen [256] 23 GiselleinaCubanaccent LesterTome [263] 24 Europeanballetintheageofideologies MarionKant [272] Notes [291] Bibliographyandfurtherreading [311] Indexofpersons [331] Indexofballets [339] Subjectindex [342] Listofillustrations 1 MaestrodeiTorneidiSantaCroce,cassonepanel.Lamagnanimita`di Scipione,1460.London,VictoriaandAlbertMuseum,InventoryNo: 5804.1859 [page10] 2 GuilleminelaQuinteuse,Féedelamusique.Balletdesf´eesdelaforêtde Saint-Germain(1625),drawingbyDanielRabel,Muse´eduLouvre, Inv.32604.PublishedinMarieFrançoiseChristout,Leballetdecourau XVII°si`ecle(Gene`ve:Minkoff,1987),p.76 [22] 3 Androgynes,Balletdeladouairi`eredeBillebahaut(1626),drawingby DanielRabel,Muse´eduLouvre,Inv.32692.PublishedinMarieFrançoise Christout,LeballetdecourauXVII°si`ecle(Gene`ve:Minkoff,1987),p.148 [23] 4 FaunfromLully’sLetriomphedel’amour,1681.MalkinCollection PennsylvaniaStateUniversity [26] 5 Coverpage,CoelumBritannicum1634.MalkinCollectionPennsylvania StateUniversity [35] 6 Listofmasquers,CoelumBritannicum,1634.MalkinCollection PennsylvaniaStateUniversity [36] 7 CatherineTurocy,ArtisticDirector,TheNewYorkBaroqueDance Company(photoLoisGreenfield) [44] 8 MarkFrankoinLeMarbretremble(photoMidoriShinye) [45] 9 JasonetMed´eebyJean-GeorgesNoverre,musicbyJean-JosephRodolphe 1781.FrancescoBertoluzzi(artist),GaëtanVestrisasJason.(cid:2)C V&A Images/VictoriaandAlbertMuseum,London [58] 10 DancersfromtheAustralianBalletashensinLaFillemalgard´ee,1970s. NationalLibraryofAustralia.W.F.StringerCollection(photoWalter Stringer) [61] 11 ‘Moderngrace,–or–theoperaticalfinaletotheballetofAlonzoeCaro’ (RoseDidelot;CharlesLouisDidelot;MadameParisot)byJamesGillray, publishedbyHannahHumphrey,1796.(cid:2)C NationalPortraitGallery, London [64] 12 Thefivepositionsofthefeet,asdepictedbyFeuilletinhisChor´egraphie, 1700 [67] 13 Anexampleoftheopeningphraseofatheatricalduet,asnotatedby FeuilletinhisRecueildeDances,1700 [68] 14 FromCarloBlasis,TheCodeofTerpsichore,1828 [76] 15 FestivalofFederation14July1790,copperengravingbyPaulJakob [vii] Laminit,nodate [99] viii Listofillustrations 16 TheFestivaloftheSupremeBeing,8June1794attheChampsdeMarsin Paris;paintingby(Pierre)AntoineDemachy,nodate.Paris,Muse´e Carnavalet [108] 17 CarlottaGrisiasGiselle,Paris1841,fromLesBeaut´esdel’op´era,ou Chefs-d’oeuvrelyriques,illustr´esparlespremiersartistesdeParisetde LondressousladirectiondeGiraldon,avecuntexteexplicatifr´edig´epar Th´eophileGautier,JulesJaninetPhilar´eteChasles(Paris:Soulie´,1845). RareBooks,UniversityofPennsylvania [115] 18 MademoiselleMarquetinLeDieuetlaBayad`ere,opera-ballet1830. MalkinCollectionPennsylvaniaStateUniversity [118] 19and20 Cut-outpaperdolls,depictingMarieTaglioniandFannyElsslerin contemporaryfashionablefrocks,1830s.MalkinCollectionPennsylvania StateUniversity(formerlyinthecollectionofLincolnKirstein) [120,121] 21 TheDreamofaBallerina,Le´onF.Comerre,latenineteenthcentury. MalkinCollectionPennsylvaniaStateUniversity [124] 22 TheRoyalDanishBallet,Season2003/4.AugustBournonville,La Sylphide.GudrunBojesen,ThomasLund(photo:MartinMyntskov Rønne) [127] 23 TheRoyalDanishBallet,Season2003/4.AugustBournonville,LaSylphide, rehearsal(photo:MartinMyntskovRønne) [128] 24 TheRoyalDanishBallet,Season2004/5.AugustBournonville,Farfrom Denmark.MadsBlangstrup,Marie-PierreGreve(photo:MartinMyntskov Rønne) [131] 25 TheRoyalDanishBallet,Season2004/5.AugustBournonville,scenefrom Napoli,Actiii (photo:MartinMyntskovRønne) [135] 26 GalaperformanceatPeterhof11July1851,fromGeirot’sOpisanie Petergofa,1868(CarlottaGrisiandJulesPerrotinTheNaiadeandthe Fisherman)MalkinCollectionPennsylvaniaStateUniversity [154] 27 SwanLake,StPetersburg1910,choreographybyLevIvanovandMarius Petipa,musicbyPyotrIlyichTchaikovsky.(cid:2)C V&AImages/Victoriaand AlbertMuseum,London [160] 28 ScenefromSwanLake,BolshoiBalletMoscow,1959(uncredited photographer) [162] 29 CaricaturebyChamfromLeCharivari,1August,1858.Bypermissionof theBritishLibrary [179] 30 FannyElssler’spointeshoes.AustrianTheatreMuseumVienna [191] 31 Pointeshoes1950–2005fromtheSovietUnion,Bulgaria,Germany,Great BritainandtheUnitedStates [195] 32 SkatingRink,LesBalletsSue´dois,1931(photoIsabey)fromLesBallets Su´edoisdansl’artcontemporaine(Paris:Trianon1931).MalkinCollection PennsylvaniaStateUniversity [207] ix Listofillustrations 33 WithintheQuota,LesBalletsSue´dois,1931(photoIsabey)fromLesBallets Su´edoisdansl’artcontemporaine(Paris:Trianon1931).MalkinCollection PennsylvaniaStateUniversity [209] 34 AnnaPavlova(photoMishkinstudioNY),fromTroyandMargaretWest Kinney(“TheKinneys”),TheDance:ItsPlaceinArtandLife(NewYork: FrederickA.StokesCompany1914,1924) [215] 35 VaclavNijinskyinthetitleroleofPetrushka,1911,choreographyby MikhailFokine.KievStateHistoricalMuseum [217] 36 PennsylvaniaBalletPrincipalDancerRiolamaLorenzowithSoloistPhilip ColucciinTheProdigalSon,choreographybyGeorgeBalanchine(photo PaulKolnik) [229] 37 SuzanneFarrellandPeterMartinsinJewels–Diamonds,choreographyby GeorgeBalanchine(photoPaulKolnik) [235] 38 GiorgiodeChirico,costumeforamaleguestinLeBal,1929.Collectionof theWadsworthAtheneum [238] 39 AliceNikitina,FeliaDoubrovska,LubovTchernicheva,SergeLifarin Apollonmusag`ete(Apollo,LeaderoftheMuses),1928.Choreographyby GeorgeBalanchine(cid:2)C TheGeorgeBalanchineTrust.MusicbyIgor Stravinsky.CourtesyofNewYorkCityBalletArchives,BalletSociety Collection [242] 40 TheAmericandepartmentstorechainLord&Taylorannouncesits presentationofTheNutcrackerinthe1974catalogue.MalkinCollection PennsylvaniaStateUniversity [251] 41 PennsylvaniaBalletCompanyMemberHeidiCruzinTheNutcracker, 2005,choreographybyGeorgeBalanchine(photoPaulKolnik) [254] 42 EscapeScenefromtheballetRedGirl’sRegiment [259] 43 ShootingScenefromtheballetRedGirl’sRegiment [260] 44 AliciaAlonsoinActiofGiselle(photoTonatiuhGutierrez) [264] 45 AliciaAlonsoinActiiofGiselle(photoTitoAlvarez) [265] 46 GalinaUlanovainActiiofGiselle,BolshoiBalletMoscow,1954 (uncreditedphotographer) [281] 47 MajaPlisetskayaasOdetteinSwanLake,BolshoiBalletMoscow,1966 (uncreditedphotographer) [282] 48 MainaGielgudinFormeetligne(Squeakydoor)byMauriceBe´jart. AustralianBallet1974.W.F.StringerCollection,NationalLibraryof Australia.(photoWalterF.Stringer) [287] 49 FeliaDoubrovskaasBrideinLesNoces,choreographybyBronislava Nijinska(photoAbbe),fromWalterArchibaldPropert,TheRussianBallet 1921–1929(London:JohnLaneTheBodleyHead,1931) [288] 50 ThreeAtmosphericStudiesbyWilliamForsythe,theForsytheCompany 2005.(photoJoris-JanBos) [289]

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.