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    Ballet History

    Late 19th & 20th Century:


    Classical Era
    Russia, Ballet Russes & United
    States

    Russia
    19th Century
    During the mid 19th Century Ballet soared
    in Russia and new choreographers and
    composers took it to new heights with The
    Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and
    Swan Lake.
    The main purpose was to display classical
    technique: pointe work, high extensions,
    precision of movement and turn-out to the
    fullest.
    Complicated sequences that show off
    demanding steps, leaps and turns were
    choreographed into the story.

    Russia
    19th Century
    The classical tutu, much shorter and stiffer
    than the romantic tutu, was introduced at
    this time to reveal a ballerinas legs and the
    difficulty of her movements and footwork.
    These classical ballets always included a
    pas de deux for the male and female lead,
    followed by a difficult solo for each of them
    and a coda (a quick short finale).
    Maurice Petipa was one of the most
    prominent choreographer of the late 19th
    century and is known as the father of
    classical ballet.

    Ballet Russes
    At the end of the 19th Century (1800s) Ballet was
    very strong in Russia and many of the famous
    classical ballets came from Russian Ballet
    masters.
    Serge Diaghilev, a patron of the arts, brought
    Ballet full circle back to Paris in the beginning of
    the 20th century (1909) when he began the Ballet
    Russes consisting of Russian dancers in exile after
    the Revolution.
    Diaghilev paired with composer Igor Stravinsky
    and choreographers Michel Fokine, Vaslav
    Nijinsky, Enrico Checchetti and George
    Balanchine to create famous ballets such as, The
    Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring.

    Russian Ballet
    Vaganova
    Approaching the mid 20th Century (1900s)
    Ballet in Russia continued to develop under
    Soviet Rule.
    By the 1930s new dancers and choreographers
    began to appear on the scene.
    Precision and technical perfection was
    demanded by by Agrippina Vaganova, who had
    been taught by Petipa and Cecchetti and
    headed the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
    The Vaganova Ballet Academy was a
    prestigious ballet school that trained dancers
    for Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg/Leningrad.
    The Vaganova Technique is still taught today.

    Russia
    Kirov Ballet
    In 1934 the former Mariinsky Ballet was
    renamed the Kirov Ballet.
    The Kirov Ballet is still recognized as one of
    the greatest ballet companies.
    Some of the greatest dancers and
    choreographers emerged from the Kirov
    Ballet, such as, Mikhail Fokine, Anna Pavlova,
    Vaslav Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina, Natalia
    Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, and Mikhail
    Baryshnikov.
    After leaving the Kirov Ballet Rudolf Nureyev
    began a legendary partnership with famous
    ballerina Margot Fonteyn.

    Names to Remember

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