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Ironically, in view of the conformity required of the quartet, being cast as a Little Swan may be seen as a chance to be noticed and given more important roles. An example of the comedic potential of this dance can be seen in the Morecambe and Wise film The Intelligence Men (1965). The dance is also known as a pas de quatre.
Pas de quatre (literally, "step of four") is a French term used to identify a ballet dance for four people. [1] Pas de quatre are usually plotless dances performed as divertissements within the context of a larger work. However, narrative pas de quatre and pas de quatre that stand alone are not unknown.
The 1895 Petipa/Ivanov/Drigo revival of Swan Lake is a famous version of the ballet Swan Lake, (ru. Лебединое Озеро), (fr. Le Lac des Cygnes).This is a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on an ancient German legend, presented in either four acts, four scenes (primarily outside Russia and Eastern Europe), three acts, four scenes (primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe) or ...
Petipa created the pas de deux to music by Ludwig Minkus, ballet composer to the St Petersburg Imperial Theatres. The piece was a standard pas de deux classique consisting of a short entrée, the grand adage, a variation for each dancer individually, and a coda.
Pas de chat (French pronunciation: [pɑ d(ə) ʃa]; 'step of the cat.') A traveling sideways jump where while mid-air the legs are successively bent, brought to retiré, feet as high up as possible, knees apart. The Dance of the Cygnets from Swan Lake involves sixteen pas de chat performed by four dancers holding hands, arms interlaced.
Variation de la fée-Diamant f. Coda. Interpolation: Entrée de chats (a 10 bar introduction written by Tchaikovsky for no.24) No.24 Pas de caractère – Le Chat botté et la Chatte blanche No.25 Pas de quatre (changed by Petipa in the original production – Pas de deux de l'Oiseau bleu et la Princesse Florine) a. Entrée b. Variation de ...
Raymonda Variations; La Source; The Sleeping Beauty (Vivacity, Ruby, Princess Florine) Swan Lake (Balanchine version) (Pas de Quatre, Russian) Swan Lake (Martins version) (Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre, Russian) Symphony in C (First Movement, Third Movement) Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux; Walpurgisnacht Ballet; Western Symphony (First Movement)
Sylvia Pas De Deux (1950) Swan Lake (after Lev Ivanov) (1951) La Valse (1951) Harlequinade Pas De Deux (1952) Metamorphoses (1952) Caracole (1952) Scotch Symphony (1952) Valse Fantaisie (1953/1967) The Nutcracker (1954) Ivesiana (1954) Western Symphony (1954) Glinka Pas De Trois (1955) Pas De Dix (1955) Divertimento No. 15 (1956) Allegro ...