Comments on: Golden Years

By: The Little Humpbacked Horse

The Little Humpbacked Horse — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:13:43 +0000

[...] the ballet ended with a divertissement celebrating the Russian Empire. Thirty years later (1895) Marius Petipa would use parts of Pugni’s score (combined with incidental music by Riccardo Drigo) to [...]

By: The Royal Ballet's 2011-2012 Season

The Royal Ballet's 2011-2012 Season — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:12:24 +0000

[...] Sleeping Beauty (October – December 2011) – One needs at least one Petipa blockbuster in one’s ballet-going CV. If not Swan Lake… go with [...]

By: Swan Lake

Swan Lake — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:33:18 +0000

[...] Lake to the Mariinsky had existed for a while. At a commemorative concert to honour the composer Marius Petipa and his collaborator Lev Ivanov presented Act II of Swan Lake. The extract was warmly received and [...]

By: Ballet Reconstructions

Ballet Reconstructions — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:55:24 +0000

[...] Unlike a piece of music or a painting, choreographic works are not set in stone; performers, coaches and modern choreographers, all contribute to their evolution as You Dance Funny’s Steve Ha recently discussed. With so many reconstructed works being toured around, I wanted to better understand what goes into them and, in particular, the intricacies of recreating Petipa’s originals: [...]

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:17:07 +0000

[...] before Bizet Marius Petipa had also adapted Carmen for the stage. Petipa conceived a ballet entitled Carmen et son Toréro [...]

By: Two Cinderellas.

Two Cinderellas. — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:48:37 +0000

[...] was Ashton’s first full-length ballet. Choreographed in 1948, it was a double homage to Petipa and British Pantomime tradition (read more about it here). Even though Cinderella is not as often [...]

By: Cinderella

Cinderella — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:39:02 +0000

[...] being performed as early as 1813 in Vienna and 1822 in London, and of a notable production by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Enrico Cecchetti for the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in 1893. With music by Baron Boris [...]

By: Frederick Ashton

Frederick Ashton — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:10:42 +0000

[...] 1949 Ashton’s successfully premiered his first 3 act, full-length ballet à la Petipa, Cinderella. The ballet was included in the company’s American tour and despite [...]

By: La Fille Mal Gardée

La Fille Mal Gardée — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:10:39 +0000

[...] 1885 Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov decided to bring Taglioni’s 1864 Fille to the Imperial Ballet, renaming it Le [...]

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Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:32:33 +0000

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