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A ballet blanc (French: [balɛ blɑ̃], "white ballet") is a scene in which the ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses or tutus. [1] Typical in the Romantic style of ballet from the nineteenth century, ballets blancs are usually populated by ghosts, dryads, naiads, enchanted maidens, fairies, and other supernatural ...
Les Sylphides (French: [le silfid]) is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.. The ballet, described as a "romantic reverie", [1] [2] is frequently cited as the first ballet to be simply about mood and dance. [1]
Scene from Les Sylphides. The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer (or the composer whose music the ballet is set to) and the year of the first performance.
Ballet of the Nuns is the first ballet blanc and the first romantic ballet. [1] It is an episode in Act 3 of Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera, Robert le diable. It was first performed in November 1831 at the Paris Opéra. The choreography (now lost) was created by Filippo Taglioni. Jean Coralli may have choreographed the entry of the nuns. [2]
Suite en Blanc, later retitled Noir et Blanc, is a ballet choreographed by Serge Lifar to music from Édouard Lalo's ballet Namouna. The first performance, by the Paris Opera Ballet, took place on 19 June 1943 in Zurich. It was an abstract neo-classical ballet produced during the German Occupation of France.
Jules-Joseph Perrot (18 August 1810 – 29 August 1892) was a French dancer and choreographer who later became Ballet Master of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. He created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century including Pas de Quatre , La Esmeralda , Ondine , and Giselle with Jean Coralli .
In 1977, Nureyev left the Royal Ballet and created his own production of the ballet for London Festival Ballet to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This production premiered at the London Coliseum on 2 June 1977, with the British ballerina Patricia Ruanne as Juliet and Rudolf as Romeo.
Scene V: "Dance of the Three Messengers" ("There came a messenger.") Dance of the Messengers; Scene VI: "Dance of Job's Comforters" ("Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth.") Dance of Job's Comforters; Job's Curse; A Vision of Satan; Scene VII: "Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty" ("Ye are old and I am very young.") Elihu's Dance of Youth ...