Guest Dance Fish Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 For a geography project, we have to pretend to visit European cities...anyway, my partner is my friend, a really good dancer, and we thought we'd see a ballet in Venice.We were going to make a fake program of it. I was wondering if anyone could give a list of ALL the characters. I know the story and the main ones, but not all of them or how many. Link to comment
Victoria Leigh Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 I suggest the library, Dance Fish ;) Find the book entitled Complete Book of Ballets, and look it up. The main characters are always the same in this work, however sometimes there is a Peasant Pas de Deux, and sometimes not. Also, some do it as a Pas de Quatre. The number in the corps will vary according to the size of the company. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 Oy! Well, let's go down the list - I'm working on a set of pages for the main Ballet Alert! section of this site, so here goes: Villagers and harvesters Hilarion, a gamekeeper Albrecht, Duke of Silesia, disguised as Loys, a peasant. Wilfrid, his squire Giselle, a village maiden Berthe, her mother Huntsmen and courtiers The Duke of Courland Bathilde, his daughter Two Peasants (pas de deux [divertissement]) Wilis Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis Moyna, a Wili Zulma, a Wili And that's everybody. I would suggest that if you are going to see it in Venice, you might very well see it at the Teatro la Fenice, where the Diaghilev company used to perform. 24 Wilis and that's about it for that stage! Link to comment
Juliet Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 But make sure you date your programme for several years ago (pre 1/29/96), as La Fenice burned to the ground, alas....... Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 But apparently they've either rebuilt or left the box office standing. They book the Teatro Malibran for dance under the name of the Teatro La Fenice, so I don't quite understand what's going on there. Link to comment
Juliet Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 It is Italy. Things Take A While.;) If one spends time there, one finds out that this is a good thing., for the most part. La Fenice is not due for completion yet, but there is a big effort underway (lots of fundraising, committees, negotiations, etc.) and of course they are trying to present as much as possible in the meantime. How wonderful it would have been to see Giselle there, though, DanceFish! Link to comment
Guest Dance Fish Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 Thank you so much! I was looking around a couple days ago for ballets in Venice, and I found the Teatro de Filarmonico. That's where I saw that it was showing Giselle. But thanks for your suggestions. Link to comment
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