Ballet Essay

George Balanchine's Prodigal Son is one of the most fascinating and important of all ballets because of the subject it deals with, not its success in dealing with it. Jesus' famous parable is deceptively simple. Notwithstanding its paradoxical brevity, it is actually one of the most monumental, psychologically penetrating tales in the entire annals of human storytelling. Its denouement is as thrilling, as exhilarating, as triumphant as any conceived by the human mind. One would…

Biographical Christian Cannabich, who was the son of the flautist and composer Friedrich Cannabich was born in Mannheim in 1731. A pupil of Johann Stamitz, Christian Cannabich entered the Mannheim court orchestra as a 'scholar' at the age of 12 (1744) and in 1746 he was formerly chosen as a violinist. The Elector Carl Theodor contracted him an electoral salary to study in Italy and in the fall of 1750, he then started a course of training with Jommelli in Rome where he endured until 1753. He…

In my perspective, as far as Yinka Shonibare’s work on the Ballet Gods: Poseidon and Zeus, the Butterfly Kid, and the Refugee Astronaut, all of the artwork is quite enticing. Majority of the sculptures represents a feminine aspect with them, by presenting the fiberglass mannequins in women attire. However, the accessories equipped with each mannequin gives them a masculine mythological approach and destructive characteristic to correlate with it. In my opinion, the subject for each mannequin…

rules set in front of her. She thought by following the pictures in the book about ballet, and copying them exactly that then “poof” she would be dancing ballet. Just learning the movements that make up ballet is not actually fluently dancing ballet. In the same way as learning grammar, spelling, punctuation, and paragraph structure does not then make you a writer. “By contrast, the book I read illustrated ballet as a set of discrete skills to be learned and then routinely deployed in seemingly…

transition. Billy Elliot, the film directed by Stephen Daldry, and Jennifer Niven’s novel Holding Up The Universe both explore transitions through defying social standards and acceptance. Billy Elliot explores transitions of Billy entering a world of ballet in the disapproving society of Durham during the Miners Strike. Holding Up The Universe explores the transition of Libby Strout, who was once dubbed as “America’s Fattest Teen”, who returns to school after being homeschooled for years. The…

home is quite tough due to the fact that his brother Tony and his father are striking miners. After a lesson of boxing goes wrong, Billy is told to stay behind and practice his techniques, this is when he gets intrigued by the young girls dancing ballet. Soon he is joining their classes and is the only boy in a crowed…

the room delicately, hoping to master her footwork. Footwork was mostly the entire infrastructure of ballet, she believed. She saw her reflection in the mirror; she was completely exhausted after her long practice. She always remained judicious in this sense, an incredible student. She sat down and stared at her face, shiny from the sweat that had accumulated. Every day she snuck into her ballet studio’s empty room, traveling in incognito so as not to be caught. Day in and day out, she worked…

The modern ballet performance The Deep End exert 'swimming' is about Australians love for water. The piece is made of both modern ballet and contemporary. The dance could be interpreted in a couple of ways, either swimming in the beach or in a pool. The deep end was performed in 1996 by the Australian ballet and choreographed by Meryl Tankard. Meryl Tankard is one of Australia's greatest and most controversial choreographers. One particular move in section A of The Deep End was the circular…

in the Russian Imperial Ballet and then later, in 1909, she joined the Ballets Russes in Paris, which is where she met and was photographed by Meyer. Her most notable ballet rolls include Lise in La FIlle Mal Gardée, Medora in Le Corsaire, and the lead roll in The Firebird . She was widely acclaimed for her dance techniques, as well as her ability to express fierce emotion through movement . Even after she retired from dance, Karsavina was still very evolved in the ballet community. She acted as…

Everyone remembers the classic fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty, but few have experienced the fascinating twist that is presented by the Moscow Festival Ballet. Directed by Sergei Radchenko, the audience is left on the edge of their seat at every stage of the three act performance; from the curse set on The Sleeping Beauty to the moment she falls in love and gets married. The captivating story of the Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora) involves multiple elements that all add to the success of the…