MinkusPugni Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Does anyone have a chronologically ordered list of the famous ballets? (ie. La Sylphide, Giselle, Pas de Quatre, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Serenade, etc) Link to comment
doug Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 That's a tall order to have on hand! But if you get thee to a dance dictionary, you will be able to find these ballets. Oxford Dictionary of Dance, Oxford Encylopedia of Dance. The internet will even help you here. Link to comment
DancingPixie Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 (edited) Here are the ones you mentioned plus a few more, from oldest to newest (source: the Oxford Dictionary of Dance) 1. La Sylphide premiered 12 March 1832 at the Paris Opera 2. Giselle premiered 28 June 1841 at the Paris Opera 3. Pas de Quatre premiered 12 July 1845 in London 4. Don Quixote premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre on 26 December 1869 5. Coppélia premiered 25 May 1870 at the Paris Opera 6. Swan Lake premiered 4 March 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia 7. Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1890 at the Maryinsky Theatre, St Petersburg 8. The Nutcracker premiered 18 December 1892 at the Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg 9. Seranade premiered 10 June 1934 by students of the School of American Ballet 10. Romeo & Juliet premiered 30 December 1938 at Brno, Czechoslovakia 11. Carmen premiered 21 February 1949 by the Ballet de Paris performing in London 12. A Midsummer's Night Dream premiered 17 Jan. 1962 by New York City Ballet in NYC Edited June 29, 2005 by Nataliya Link to comment
MinkusPugni Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thanks... do you have any others? Is there a more diverse one? With Paquita and more more recent things on it? Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Natataliya, I love your list! Link to comment
Ariodante Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Here is a list but in Polish! It might be fun to try to decipher it (I can help if necessary) but if you find it useless, please, remove :-). Have fun! (BTW, since I haven't compiled this list and never really checked it, I can't guarantee its accuracy). 1581 Ballet comique de la Reyne Lambert de Beaulieu Baltazarino di Belgioioso 1681 Le triomphe de l'amour Jean-Baptiste Lully 1761 Don Juan Christoph Willibald Gluck Gaspare Angiolini 1763 Medea i Jazon Johann Josef Rodolphe Jean-Georges Noverre 1789 Córka źle strzeżona muzyka nieznanych kompozytorów Jean Dauberval 1801 Prometeusz Ludwig van Beethoven Salvatore Vigano 1832 Sylfida Jean Schneitzhoeffer Filippo Taglioni 1841 Giselle Adolphe Adam Jean Coralli 1844 Esmeralda Cesare Pugni Jules Perrot 1845 Pas de quattre Cesare Pugni Jules Perrot 1869 Don Kichot Ludwig Aloisius Minkus Marius Petipa 1870 Coppelia Léo Delibes Arthur Saint-Léon 1877 Jezioro łabędzie Piotr Czajkowski Marius Petipa 1890 Śpiąca królewna Piotr Czajkowski Marius Petipa 1892 Dziadek do orzechów Piotr Czajkowski Lew Iwanow 1898 Rajmonda Aleksandr Głazunow Marius Petipa 1909 Sylfidy (Chopiniana) według Fryderyka Chopina Michaił Fokin 1910 Karnawał według Roberta Schumanna Michaił Fokin 1910 Ognisty ptak Igor Strawiński Michaił Fokin 1910 Szeherezada Nikołaj Rimski-Korsakow Michaił Fokin 1911 Pietruszka Igor Strawiński Michaił Fokin 1912 Dafnis i Chloe Maurice Ravel Michaił Fokin 1912 Popołudnie fauna według Claude'a Debussy'ego Wacław Niżyński 1913 Święto wiosny Igor Strawiński Wacław Niżyński 1919 Trójkątny kapelusz Manuel de Falla Léonide Massine 1920 Pulcinella Igor Strawiński Leonid Miasin 1926 Romeo i Julia według Sergiusza Prokofiewa Leonid Ławrowski 1928 Bolero według Maurice'a Ravela Bronisława Niżyńska 1932 Płomień Paryża Boris Asafjew według J.B. Lully'ego i in Wasilij Wajnonen 1932 Symfonia fantastyczna Hector Berlioz 1932 Zielony stół Frederic Cohen Kurt Joos 1934 Fontanna Bachczysaraju Boris Asafjew Rostisław Zacharow 1935 Icare bez muzyki Serge Lifar 1937 Szach-met Arthur Bliss Ninette de Valois 1942 Gajane Aram Chaczaturian Nina Anisimowa 1942 Pilar of fire A. Schonberg 1945 Cudowny mandaryn Béla Bartók Gyala Harangozó 1945 Kopciuszek Siergiej Prokofiew Rostisław Zacharow 1946 Cztery temperamenty Paul Hindemith Georges Balanchine 1946 Młody człowiek i śmierć Jan Sebastian Bach 1948 Orfeusz Igor Strawiński Georges Balanchine 1949 Carmen Georges Bizet Roland Petit 1955 Symfonia samotnego człowieka Pierre Henry i Pierre Schaeffer 1956 Spartakus Aram Chaczaturian Leonid Jakobson 1958 New York Export: Opus Jazz Robert Prince Jerome Robbins 1961 Legenda o miłości Arif Melikow Jurij Grigoriewicz 1965 Oniegin Piotr Czajkowski 1968 Bhakti muzyka hinduska Maurice Béjart Link to comment
Ariodante Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Speaking of chronology, is there any ballet "calendarium" on the web (like those that you can often find in some classical music sites) that would tell you what important event in the history of ballet took place on such and such a day? Dates of birth and death of composers, dancers, dates of premieres etc. Thanks a lot, Iza Link to comment
carbro Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Great list, Ariodante, and fabulous linguistics puzzle! Interesting seeing what, from the Polish point of view, were important enough to include on the list. I wonder if an American, for example, would have included NYExport: Opus Jazz. I was not aware that Jakobson had choreographed a Spartacus. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Speaking of chronology, is there any ballet "calendarium" on the web (like those that you can often find in some classical music sites) that would tell you what important event in the history of ballet took place on such and such a day? Dates of birth and death of composers, dancers, dates of premieres etc. Iza, there's a lot of terrific information on the ArtsLynx site, including this one, compiled by Richard Finkelstein: This Month in Dance History Link to comment
Ariodante Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thanks a lot! This is great - just what I was looking for. I am moderating a Polish ballet forum (www.balet.pl/forum_balet/index.php) and wanted to have a special topic on chronology since most of our users are young people who certainly could use some history lessons ;-). Thanks again - this is really great! Best, Iza Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Anyone who's trying to teach people dance history is a friend Keep up the good work. They are interested in it, I've found. Many of them have just never thought of it before! Link to comment
DancingPixie Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Natataliya, I love your list! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thankyou for the compliment, I'm glad you liked it Link to comment
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