Sergei Eisenstein

All art, including music, is directly influenced by the environment in which the artist lives. It is impossible to create art in a vacuum, unaffected by the society and events surrounding you. The time period, location, and social changes and innovations can have a direct effect on the art produced. Political events, especially wars, can have a strong influence on the music and art produced at that time. For example, music may become more patriotic during a time of war as the composers strive to

In The Royal Ballet’s video, “The Sleeping Beauty: The Challenges of technically demanding roles,” principal dancers Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae as well repetiteur Alexander Agadzhanov and former director and producer Dame Monica Mason discuss the technical challenges of the lead roles in the ballet The Sleeping Beauty and how dancers must balance the technical difficulty of the roles with their artistry. Ballerina Sarah Lamb notes that one of the most difficult aspects of dancing the role of Aurora

The evolution and influence of ballet Ballet is a beautiful form of dance that can be incorporated in everyday modern dances such as hip hop, contemporary, tap, or jazz. This essential unique form of dance originated in the 15th century in the time of the Italian Renaissance it was then later influenced by the French and the Russians. Notable performances performed in Ballet are The Sleeping Beauty and Giselle. It is known to all as a dance that can tell a story. Ballet can compared to lots of other

When it comes to music, I have never really studied it a whole lot. Taking this class is very different for me, but it’s actually enjoyably. I never actually thought about all the work it takes to understanding each piece, constructing the melody and symphony, and putting it all together to make it into something that sounds absolutely beautiful. It’s almost like magic watching everything come together. To begin with, I attended the concert at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta Georgia on

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, or know as Igor Stravinsky, was born and grew up in Oranienbaum, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia. According to Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works through Mavra, author Richard Taruskin writes, “Stravinsky was born on 5 June 1882, O.S.-on which day New Style calendars in the West read 17 June. From 1900 on, according to the scheme here detailed, his birthday corresponded to 18 June, N.S., and that was the date on which he celebrated it

I think on paper all the ballet schools in Russia supposedly use the Vaganova curriculum. I could be wrong, but I think they supposedly have uniform training across the country on paper, BUT the truth of the matter is that the students who come directly out of the Vaganova Academy are totally different (very fluid upper bodies). You can almost always spot a dancer at the Mariinsky, for example, who did not come out of the Vaganova Academy. You will think, "Hmmm....her arms are sort of stiff.....

Yes, of necessity and up to a point. Any company that wants to present a Balanchine ballet to its audience and has the wherewithal to do so ought to: it does neither his legacy nor the world any good to lock his work up in a cabinet like a rare manuscript that can only be viewed by special permission in a climate-controlled room while wearing white gloves and a surgical mask. Lord knows, that's not how we treat Shakespeare, Beethoven, or Petipa: tastes, technique, and technology change over time

“The Green Table” is a very popular ballet piece choreographed by Kurt Jooss. Jooss is a German dancer and choreographer, who was born on January 12, 1901 and died on May 22, 1979. He actually started off as a music student at first until he became drawn to dance. In 1919, he met Rudolf Laban, who trained him in dance and later became Laban’s choreographic assistant. Eventually, Jooss went to Paris, which is where his strong interest in ballet started to form. He believed that ballet could be combined

Although the Veiled and Masked Dancer and Russian Beggar were created a few thousand years apart in different geographic locations, they share striking similarities between their compositions. The Veiled and Masked Dancer is a freestanding sculpture that touches on the intricacies of the human form, portraying a female dancer covered in drapery, with the strong implication of movement. The Russian Beggar is a freestanding sculpture as well, of a female figure kneeling down, completely covered by

Although Igor Stravinsky was a Christian and Claude Debussy was a hedonistic atheist, they were both modern classical composers. However, this was not their only similarity. They also studied music at a college, quickly rose to fame, and composed in several different styles. One similarity was their studies of music. They both studied music at colleges. Debussy, despite his lack of formal schooling, went to the Paris Conservatory for eleven years, starting at the young age of eleven. Although his