19th Century Ballet

MARIE TAGLIONI

• Italian/Swedish ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in European dance.
• Marie Taglioni was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet

Pierre Gardel

• French ballet dancer and master
• Studied at Operá de Paris alongside his brother
• He took over as the Opera's ballet master on his death in 1787.
• worked with Marie Taglioni in La Servante justifiée(1818)

Romantic Ballet

• defined primarily by an era in ballet
• Romanticism in art and literature influenced the creation of ballets
• The era occurred during the early to mid 19th century
• Théâtre de l'Académie and Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
• Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET

• 19th century drew to a close, the centre of ballet activity moved to St. Petersburg
• ballet remained an exotic import from western Europe
• only production with a Russian theme was The Little Humpbacked Horse1864
• Saint-Léon was one of a line of French ballet masters who worked in Russia.
• he was preceded by Perrot and succeeded by Marius Petipa.

Point Shoes

• It is a type of shoe worn by ballet dancers when performing pointe work.
• for dancers to appear weightless and dance on pointe for periods of time.

Sylphide

• On march 12 1832 the first version of la sylphide was performed
• It is one of the oldest romantic ballets that is still around today
• It's a story about a humans ways of finding true love
• A sylphide is a winged creature

Copp Lia

• Copp lia is a comic ballet choreographed by Arthur saint-Leon
• Premiered on May 25th 1870
• Theater imperial opera
• The music was Leo delibes