Daphnis and Chloe

Fantasies for The Stage at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I explored each section of the exhibition carefully, observing every detail from the costumes and set exhibit, he designed, productions on Aleko, Firebird, The Magic Flute and Daphnis and Chloe. The exhibition is categorized into different sections. I gravitated towards Chagall’s early works, some of his art work from the exhibition included his paintings, for example The Green Violinist and Violinist on a Bench, while observing…

Margot Fonteyn Margot was born on the 18th May 1919 with the name Margaret Hookham (Margot Fonteyn was a stage name). She was born in Reigate but later died of cancer on 21st of February 1991 in Panama City, Panama. She started ballet lessons at 4 years old in Ealing before she moved to China with her family to study in Shanghai for about 6 years. At age 14 she returned as her mother wanted to give her a chance to develop her ballet career and she done so by joining Sadler’s Wells School.…

when he immigrated to New York during the Nazi invasion of Paris (Barron). Chagall was directly involved in the set and costume design for the Ballet Theatre of New York’s Aleko, the New York City Ballet’s Firebird, the National Opera in Paris’ Daphnis and Chloe and the Metropolitan Opera's 1967 version of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Chagall’s work with the theater is extraordinary because it gives a chance for his paintings come to life and be given a voice, other than his own, through the…

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel is French and lived from the 7th of March 1875 to the 28th of December 1937. He was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with and along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was known as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire. He was not well regarded by its…

ARABESQUE no. 1 Title & opus/catalogue no.: Arabesque No.1. Andantino con moto Composer background: Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Him, along with Maurice Ravel were the most outstanding people related to Impressionist music. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His music is noted for its sensory and sonic content and the use of nontraditional tonalities. The French literary technique of his period was known as Symbolism. This…

Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2 Required Reading: Ancient Greece: 1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen: A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government.…

project is “Sonatine, No. 2, "Mouvement de Menuet"” by Maurice Ravel. Firstly, Maurice Ravel was born on 1875 and passed away on 1937. He was a French composer, pianist and conductor of classical music whose most well-known works are Bolero and Daphnis et Chloé. Shortly after his birth, his family moved away to Paris, where he received his first piano lessons in 1882. Maurice Ravel faced many failures in his music career before being regarded as one of the greatest living composers in France.…

The definition of love refers to an intense feeling of deep affection. Teens all over the world are in a relationship, but how many of these relationships are set as real true love. Most of these teens believe you need a girlfriend/boyfriend to be happy, but most couples do not realize the true reasons your significant other should make you happy. Teens will be together for a couple of months, and then just be finished with each other. They are just together for the physical aspects of a…