Giselle Ballet

Dance is found in all cultures. It is considered a way to communicate without talking. During the Renaissance period, ballet was considered a Russian specialty. The highly qualified and sought after dance companies would tour the world performing in front of those who had never experienced ballet before. By exposing ballet to the United States of America, the Russians inspired and sparked a demand for legitimate ballet in America. It took place throughout the 20th century, currently known as the Russo-American Era.

As an innocent young boy watches his mother being killed by the cruel bank robbers, he vowed to himself he will avenge his mother’s death. He struggled through the bitter winter but he survived through the determination of revenge. Similarly, Roger Chillingworth, from Hawthorne’s renowned The Scarlet Letter, also thrives on revenge due to his wife’s disloyalty. As Chillingworth’s vengeance eats away at him, he transforms from a courteous man to a sadistic man; since Chillingworth is the driving force of the novel, he eventually evolves into a man he does not even recognize himself. Throughout this novel, Hawthorne argues extreme jealousy can turn an amiable person into a vengeful monster.

Ballet is a formalized and elegant form of dance with a fitting origin that traces back to Italian Renaissance courts during the 15th and 16th centuries. This style of dance quickly spread from Italy to France with the assistance of the aristocratic influence that came from Catherine de' Medici, who succeeded in helping ballet develop even further. For example, Catherine helped develop ballet further by having her own piece of work, 'Le Paradis d' Amour', be presented at her daughters wedding, where Marguerite de Valois was wedded to Henry of Navarre. Naturally, with ballet having an aristocratic background, aristocratic money was responsible for the dance styles initial stages of development in court ballet. Royalty was what dictated the literature, music, and ideas that was incorporated into ballet at the time.

For the first performance, the dancers wore all red which represented the feeling of love that was being portrayed in the dance. There were three dancers that danced. The music being played during the first piece phenomenal. The music went well with the plot of the storyline. The dancing was very eye-opening because it was the first ballet performance that I attended. I was pleasantly surprised by how well the performance was and how strong the dancers were.

Also the pursuit of the unattainable is also evident, with prince Siegfried not wanting any of the princesses available, but instead wanting to be with someone living a cursed life. For the working class in Russia, the ballet was an escape, and seeing someone pursue for something they want was a source of motivation for the audience.

Set during the time period in France of LOUIS XIV, (Created in Russia) By Marius Pepita (French) Moved to russia in 1847 as a dancer, FIRST ballet for the composer Tchaichovsky, Rose Adagio. Other Classical Ballets by Petipa: Cinderella, Swan Lake, Baydeare, The Nutcracker

My immediate response to the whole performance was astonishment. When I say astonishment I mean that the whole show was like nothing I’ve seen before. I would call the Dance Theatre of Harlem more of a modern ballet instead of classic like Cinderella or The Nutcracker. It was interesting to see how ballet is interpreted by a different company such as the Harlem Theatre of Harlem. I

Ballet was rooted in court life, and it was not as widely available to the common people. As such, it had to adapt in order to survive this particularly deadly and brutal period in time. The ballet’s that the court was accustomed to seeing were disconnected from the lower class, just like the actual courtiers themselves. Ballet is just one example of why exactly the French people rose up against their government. They spent massive amounts of money on an opulent lifestyle while the peasants could not even afford bread.

The classical version is set on a single level stage where the orchestra in not in view. The prima ballerina features the traditional tutu with the stiff material protruding from the waist. She is assisted with a male partner (pas de deux) as she eloquently floats on her toes (pointe) and easily raises her leg while twirling on the other (Pirouette). She is truly the star of the show as the other ballerinas in similar dress, support the story line from the background by performing low splits on the stage creating the sense of dawn into morning. As the ballet continues into twilight, the supporting ballerinas are then paired with male partners assisting them with their pointes and pirouette’s. The lighting of the stage does not seem to change much with a constant blue dimmed light in the background, particular members of the audience can be heard clapping while the majority of the audience does not.

The history of ballet dates back to the 18th century starting with Baroque dance. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta was a famous Italian Renaissance dancing master. He was born around 1526-1535 and died around 1605-1620. His dance manual "Ballarino" was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, Nobiltà de dame, printed in 1600 and again after his death in 1630. In the 19th century there was the pre-romantic, romantic and the classical ballets. Anthony Tudor deserves an honorable mention for his choreography and teaching. Pre-romantic ballet occurred sometime circa ?? up to 1831. The romantic period covered the early to mid 1800's. This era also introduced the calf-length dress. A few of the great Romantic dancers were Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler and Carlotta Grisi. The tequnique became more developed, but the role

All six dances in the ‘black and white’ ballets are based on sexuality. The male

The current gun control policies in the United States were implemented to ban gun possession by high-risk groups. They are to restrict the sales, transfers and purchase of guns to criminals, minors and the mentally ill. The laws restrict carrying guns in public areas, enforcing laws such as weapon permits and special licensing. The laws require licensed gun owners to register the weapons before they can be legally owned or possessed. There are restrictions and bans on certain guns on certain hand guns and automatic weaponry. Finally, the gun laws both state and local require a license by the federal government to sell guns.

It is a world of pretence filled with the illusion of fairytale. Baz Luhrmann creates the world of ballroom dancing to be very stylised, intimate and gracious. This can be seen in a scene of dancers in black and white at the beginning of the movie, with the silhouette of the dancers. The choice of song ‘The Blue Danube Waltz’ by Johann Strauss II supports the glamorous world of ballroom dancing. The costumes of the ballroom dancers used in the movie are cartoonish in the way they look, where girls wear feathers, elaborated hairstyle, all ‘puffed up’ and very bright coloured dresses. However behind the gracious and attractive exterior, there is a world filled with corruption and intrigue. The shouting of spectators supporting their preferred dancers such “Come on number 100..!” takes away the prestige of the ballroom dancing, in contrast to the gracious songs and dance moves in the ballroom. It turns out that the ballroom dancing world as a world of competition, where you need to conform to the dances and where individuality is impossible. The important value of ‘Winning at all cost’ that entraps people, restricting them from being themself.

While observing this dance ballet, there were many things that caught my attention. First, the theater itself was extremely large, and the stage itself was big, and the dancers had plenty of room to move across the stage and perform their routines. There were many dancers, and they all played various roles that ranged from Clara, Fritz, Herr Drosselmeyer, the Rat King, the Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, and many more. All of the performers wore vivid costumes

The Russian National Ballet was founded in 1989 by Sergei Radchenko, former star of the Bolshoi Ballet. Radchenko and his wife, who run the company together, decided to tour in smaller groups, to reach audiences in smaller cities around the globe and bring beautiful ballet to everyone. Founded when Russia was known as the USSR, the company was government owned, but allowed Sergei, an honored artist, to start and operate the company. Sergei and his wife, Elena found success with this company, and opened The Moscow Festival Ballet, allowing them to tour and perform all over the world. Some of their repertoire includes “Don Quixote,” “Cinderella,” “Coppelia,” and of course, “Sleeping Beauty,” performed March 4, 2017 at the State Theatre of New