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Danish opera singer and autobiographer
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2022-08-05 00:00:35
Here’s a small selection of works celebrating August, not as an evocative month approaching Autumn, but as a dedicatee (August Bournonville), a composer’s name (August Baeyens, Friedrich August Belcke), a source of literary inspiration (August von Platen-Hallermünde, August Strindberg), and an arranger (August Eberhard Müller). Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874) began staging concerts in the manner
2019-05-11 23:00:00
Senallié - Leclair - Forqueray: Sonates et Pièces
[…] 3:5510. *La Morangis ou La Plissay 8:234ème suite en sol mineur11. La Marella 3:4212. La Clément 7:2513. La d'Aubonne - Sarabande 6:0714. La Bournonville 2:3915. La Sainscy 3:2916. La Carillon de Passy 3:2517. La Latour 4:44*La […]
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2017-05-12 12:48:57
‘One huge grin’: dancing George Balanchine’s showpiece ballet Tarantella
[…] of Taranto , where the poisonous bite of a tarantula spider would send the victim into a trance. The cure was to dance, with frenzied steps driving the poison from the victim’s body – in some versions of the story, this would only happen when the correct rhythm was found. As a folk dance, the tarantella is often celebratory, and sometimes danced for courting. There are famous ballet versions, from the irresistible finale of August Bournonville ’s Napoli to the Neapolitan Dance Frederick Ashton created for The Royal Ballet’s production of Swan Lake . With its tambourines and quick footwork, Balanchine’s pas de deux draws on this tradition, but adds a later, jazzier virtuosity. Tarantella is a character dance rather than a grand pas de deux. The costumes nod to Italian folk dress, particularly the man’s red scarf and the woman’s frilled headdress. The choreography avoids supported partnering and […]
2015-09-08 01:14:00
[…] Esmeralda" (Pugni-Perrot/Petipa), with Colón stars Nadia Muzyca and Federico Fernández, was scratched. However, other Argentine groups were present, from the Argentino de La Plata and the Ballet Contemporáneo del Teatro San Martín. The first offered the refined Pas de deux from "La Sylphide", the beautiful choreography dated 1836 by Auguste Bournonville on music by Herman Lovenskjold: the pure tradition of the Royal Danish Ballet nicely done by Aldana Percivati and Esteban Schenone. From the second, two agile moments from "Las Estaciones Porteñas", by Mauricio Wainrot on Piazzolla´s music, tango-tinged movements danced with precision by a group of seven. Two artists from the American Ballet […]
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