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Creation of the Russian Imperial School of Ballet
- AKA Imperial Theater
- Ballet Masters: Charles Didelot, Jules Perrot, Arthur Saint-Leon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti, Chrstian Johannson, and Mikhail Fokine Produced: Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine, Rudolf Nureyev, Natalie Makarova and Mikail Baryshnikov
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Marie Taglioni
- Star of 'La Sylphide'
- Known for her grace and beauty when dancing on pointe
- One of the first to use "boxed slippers"
- Seen in 'Pas de Quatre' with a pearl necklace
- Considered one of the greatest ballerinas ever
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Fanny Cerito
- Studied at Ballet School of the Royal Theatres
- Successful in Rome, Florence, Naples, and Vienna
- Seen in 'Pas de Quatre' wearing her hair flowers beside her low bun
- Out-shined by a Russian ballerina
- Retired in England
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Marius Petipa
- "Father of Classical Ballet"
- Famous Dances: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beatuy
- Became ballet master at the Imperial Theater (1870)
- Worked with Pytor Tchaikovsky (composer) and Lev Ivanov (choreographer)
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Carlotta Grisi
- Partner of Jules Perrot
- Greatest role was 'Giselle'
- Technically strong
- One of the four main dancers in 'Pas de Quatre' -Retired and lived in Paris
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Lucille Grahn
- Studied at Royal Danish Ballet
- Appeared in 'La Sylphide' and became known as the Dansih Taglioni
- Seen in 'Pas de Quatre'
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Premier of La Sylphide
Choreographer: Phillipe Taglioni
Main Role: Marie Taglioni
Description: Known as one of the fist "Ballet Blanc" ballets that influenced the fashion of romantic ballets. -
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Lev Ivanov
- Some believe he is Petipa's go to assistant
- Others believe he shaped the future of dance and was unrecognized and underaprecciated
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Pytor Ilycih Tchaikovsky
- Thought to be the most popular Russian composer in history
- Composed for Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker
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Giselle
Choreographer: Jean Coralli
Lead Role (Giselle): Carlotta Grisi
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Pas de Quatre
Choreographer: Jules Perrot
Main Roles: Cerito, Grahn, Grisi, Taglioni
Description: This legendary ballet displayed some of the best ballerinas, but had trouble and conflict as to what order the ballerinas would appear.
Fashion; Using the "Ballet Blanc" style, the dresses were long, white and billowy. The dancers also wore flower crowns. -
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Coppelia
Choreographer: Arthur Saint-Leon
Description: A comic ballet describing a love triangle between two people and a life-size doll. -
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Serge Diaghilev
- Creator of The Ballet Russe (1911) after making a contract for a season of Russian ballet
- Known for having extremely talented dancers, choreographers and artists associated with The Ballet Russe
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Premier of Swan Lake
Plot: A swan gets changed into a woman for a temporary amount of time, but she can make this change permanent if she can fall in love with the Prince and he stays faithful. An evil man then tricks the Prince into cheating on the woman. The Prince and the swan come to the decision that they can only be together in the afterlife and drown in the lake. -
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Ann Pavlova
Pavlova was a wonderful ballerina at the Ballet Russe for a short period of time before creating her own company. -
Premier of Sleeping Beauty
Plot: Sleeping Beauty is an incredible Russina Ballet that goes through the story of a young girl and an evil fairy. When a good fairy cannot undo the spell put on the girl, she alters the spell to be broken by true love's kiss. Eventually the Prince and the girl marry after he breaks the curse with a kiss.
Divertissments during the wedding: Pas de Trois, White Cat, Puss in boots, Blue bird, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf and the Grand Pas de Deux. -
Premier of The Nutcracker
Plot: Clara and her brother, Fritz receive gifts for Christmas from their Godfather. Clara recieves a nutcracker and soon goes to bed, where she dreams of battles and adventures. -
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's first performance
This performance went over very well with everyone, especially critics. This ballet included Balanchine's 'Baby Ballerinas' and Balanchine's choreography. -
Beginning of Massine at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo had Massine as a main choreographer until 1943. Through this time, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo toured Europe and America through the impresario, Sol Hurok. Massine added and introduced lots of male roles and symphonic orchestra to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. -
Start of a more Americanized Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Massine began to tour America through Sol Hurok and began to hire American dancers under Russian names. -
George Balanchine's creation of the School of American Ballet
When Balanchine came to the US, he created the NYCB and the School of American Ballet and brought a new outlook on ballet with him. He wanted to capture modern ideas and put them with classical ballet to create more abstract ballets.Together with Suzanne Farrell, Jerome Robbins, and many others, he revolutionized this innovative idea of the Neoclassical Ballet. -
The Original Ballet Russe Premiers
After Blum left the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Massine couldn't stand Basil so Massine took the rights to the name. Basil then created the 'Original Ballet Russe' with Lichine as his choreographer and Sol Hurok as his tour manager. -
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Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo During War
Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo was doing very well in America during the war in film instead of on the traditional stage. An unfortunate downfall though, was Massine's choreography which got less and less liked by the public. -
Sol Hurok leaves The Original Ballet Russe
Hurok took both companies through small town America after the war, and finally decided Basil was too hard to work with. He left the Original Ballet Russe which was then forced to tour Latin America with little morale and food. -
Michel Fokine's Death
- Russian native
- Joined Diaghilev's Ballet Russe dancing and choreographing
- Best know for: Les Sylphides, Pertrouchk and Firebird
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Massine leave The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
Massine's fame led him to make some poor choreography choices, so he eventually left his company to George Balanchine and Agnes de Mille. -
Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo's crossover into Broadway
With the help of George Balanchine, the company made it's debut into Broadway. -
The end of The Original Ballet Russe
After Hurok returned to The Original Ballet Russe, he pushed for an American tour even with the poor and desperate conditions of the company. The tour ended horribly and Basil started to hire unqualified dancers, leading to the demise of The Original Ballet Russe. -
Vaslav Nijinsky's Death
- Russian native who began in dance as a dancer, but became a choreographer
- Created shocking ballets that include: Le Apres-mid-d un faune and Le Sacre du Printemps
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Creation of the Joffrey Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet focuses on creating ballets inspired by modern art styles. These ballets were innovative and part of the Neoclassical ballet movement and combined contemporary with classical. Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino created this company. -
The end of The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
After the companies bankruptcy, the company was forced to be shut down. -
Leonide Massine's Death
- Created witty, sophisticated and quirky ballets, but is mostly known for a ballet he created for TV, Red Shoes
- Worked for The Ballet Russe
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Contemporary Ballet
This style of ballet took over the industry by 1990 and required more skills than ever need by ballerinas. These ballets were new, modern and inspired audiences.
