"still be several decades before most countries outside of Europe could claim their own professional ballet companies, however. Sergei Diaghilev brought ballet full-circle back to Paris when he opened his company, Ballets Russes. It was made up of dancers from the Russian exile community in Paris after the Revolution. Diaghilev and composer Igor Stravinsky merged their talents to bring Russian folklore to life in ""The Firebird"" and ""Petrushka"" choreographed by Fokine. Diaghilev's next choreographic commissions went to Nijinsky. His First ballet was ""L'apres-midi d'un Faune"" (Afternoon of a Faun) to music by Debussy. It was notable for its two dimensional"
"Firebird Ballet and the publishers wanted to celebrate with a picture book retelling of the story. Hyde was asked to produce some sketches which served as the inspiration for Pirotta's version. The story is based on Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf, a Russian folktale that was one of the inspirations for the ballet. Pirotta's version is shortened and has a different ending from the original. Pirotta sets the firebird free, in tribute to activists in his country of origin who were canvassing the government to stop recreational hunting and bird trapping. ""Firebird"" has been positively received. WriteAway.org"
"leader. The lead role was fanced by Michel Denard. The Mariinsky Ballet performed the original choreography at Covent Garden in August 2011, as part of their Fokine retrospective. The National Ballet of Canada created a version of the ""Firebird"" for television, occasionally rebroadcast, in which special effects were used to make it appear that the Firebird is in flight. On 29 March 2012, the American Ballet Theatre premiered the ballet with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, starring Misty Copeland. The ballet centers on the journey of its hero, Prince Ivan."
"Elsa Sylvestersson Elsa Maria Sylvestersson (11 August 1924 Turku, Finland – 9 November 1996 Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer. Sylvestersson danced as soloist in ballet at the age of 14. As a dancer, her most famous roles included Odette-Odile in ""Swan Lake"", and the Firebird in ""The Firebird"". She was technically talented and thus well suited for the roles in character dance. As a choreographer she was very productive and had a long career (from 1954 to 1984). Her style was eclectic, and she had no trouble in combining moves from classical ballet and modern dance."
"be presented in the 1909 debut ""Saison Russe"" of his new ballet company. ""The Firebird"" was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 25 June 1910 by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Like Stravinsky's earlier student works, ""The Firebird"" continued to look backward to Rimsky-Korsakov not only in its orchestration, but also in its overall structure, harmonic organization, and melodic content. According to Taruskin, Stravinsky's second ballet for the Ballet Russes, ""Petrushka"", is where ""Stravinsky at last became Stravinsky."" The music itself makes significant use of a number of Russian folk tunes in addition to two waltzes by Viennese composer Joseph Lanner"
"was looking for fresh compositional talent. The ballet was the first of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions to have an all-original score composed for it. Alexandre Benois wrote in 1910 that he had two years earlier suggested to Diaghilev the production of a Russian nationalist ballet, an idea all the more attractive given both the newly awakened French passion for Russian dance and also the ruinously expensive costs of staging opera. The inspiration of mixing the mythical Firebird with the unrelated Russian tale of Koschei the Deathless possibly came from a popular child's verse by Yakov Polonsky, ""A Winter's Journey"""
"these works Diaghilev recruited the choreographer Michel Fokine, the designer Léon Bakst and the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Diaghilev's intention, however, was to produce new works in a distinctively 20th-century style, and he was looking for fresh compositional talent. Having heard ""Feu d'artifice"" he approached Stravinsky, initially with a request for help in orchestrating music by Chopin to create the ballet ""Les Sylphides"". Stravinsky worked on the opening ""Nocturne"" and the closing ""Valse Brillante""; his reward was a much bigger commission, to write the music for a new ballet, ""The Firebird"" (""L'oiseau de feu"") for the 1910 season. Stravinsky worked through"
"the full length ""Cinderella"" (Aalto Ballett Theater Essen), ""Carmen"" (Ballet du Capitole Toulouse), ""Century Rolls"" (Bayerisches Staatsballett München) and ""Harpsichord Concerto"" (New York Choreographic Institute - New York City Ballet), New York, U.S.A). He has also been a member of the jury for the International Prix Benois de la Danse. Davide Bombana Davide Bombana (born in 1958 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian choreographer. He studied ballet at the Ballet School of La Scala and graduated in 1977. His debut that year, with the La Scala Ballet was in the title role of Béjart's ""The Firebird"". He was promoted to"
"The Firefly (film) The Firefly is a 1937 musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones. The film is an adaptation of the operetta of the same name by composer Rudolf Friml and librettist Otto A. Harbach that premiered on Broadway in 1912. The film used nearly all of the music from the operetta but jettisoned the plot in favor of a new storyline set in Spain during the time of the Emperor Napoleon I. It added a new song, ""The Donkey Serenade"" (a reworking by Herbert Stothart of Friml's 1918 orchestral piece 'Chanson'), which became extremely popular, as was"
"Theatre and Performance. A full catalogue and details of access arrangements are available here. Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent"
"few years later, the First Negro Classic Ballet premiered in Los Angeles, and by 1954 the New York Negro Ballet was already touring internationally. ""Firebird"", one of Eugene Von Grona's most famous works, was performed in 1937 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem by the First American Negro Ballet. The work was a ballet composed of two scenes, lasting for 45 minutes. Eugene Von Grona Eugene Von Grona, (January 23, 1908 – March 29, 2000) was a German professional dancer and choreographer. He was born in Berlin. As a child he visited the United States quite frequently, where he became"
"Stuttgart Ballet, the Scottish Ballet. She has also performed with such notable dancers as Irek Mukhamedov, Carlos Acosta, and Tetsuya Kumakawa. She performed with the Opera di Roma the new production of Le Corsaire and Carla Fracci Giselle . Within the classical repertory, Galeazzi has performed such roles as the title role in Fokine's ""The Firebird"", the Sugarplum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ""The Nutcracker"", the title role in Adolphe Adam's ""Giselle"", Gamzatti in Natalia Makarova's production of ""La Bayadère"", the title role in Edouard Deldevez's ""Paquita"", and the Bluebird in Tchaikovsky's ""The Sleeping Beauty"", Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the role"
"of Rimsky-Korsakov who, at the time, was his teacher and mentor. It has the form of a scherzo but is still labeled ""orchestral fantasy"" because of its short length. Alexander Siloti conducted the premiere on 6 February 1909. Stravinsky got the commission from Serge Diaghilev to write ""The Firebird"" (1910) in part because Diaghilev heard this piece of music, and was impressed with its orchestration. The work is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, triangle, glockenspiel,"
"Davide Bombana Davide Bombana (born in 1958 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian choreographer. He studied ballet at the Ballet School of La Scala and graduated in 1977. His debut that year, with the La Scala Ballet was in the title role of Béjart's ""The Firebird"". He was promoted to soloist and then principal dancer, performing ballets by Maurice Béjart, Glen Tetley, Rudolf Nureyev, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and L. Falco. He furthered his balletic career at the Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, the Scottish Ballet in Glasgow, and the London Festival Ballet in London. He also later guested in La"
"The Firefly (operetta) The Firefly was the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young Italian girl, who is a street singer in New York. She disguises herself and serves as a cabin boy on a ship to Bermuda, where she falls in love. Complications arise, and eventually, she becomes a grand opera diva. After tryouts at the Empire Theatre in Syracuse, New York beginning in October 1912, the operetta premiered on Broadway on December 2, 1912 at the Lyric Theatre, transferring after Christmas to the Casino Theatre. It was"
"to play for a Paris season given by Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company, the Ballets Russes. Monteux played under Pierné in the world premiere of Stravinsky's ""The Firebird"". In 1911 Diaghilev engaged Nikolai Tcherepnin to conduct the premiere of Stravinsky's ""Petrushka"". Monteux conducted the preliminary rehearsals before Tcherepnin arrived; Stravinsky was so impressed that he insisted that Monteux conduct the premiere. ""Petrushka"" was part of a triple bill, all conducted by Monteux. The other two pieces were ""Le Spectre de la Rose"" and ""Scheherazade"", a balletic adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite of the same name. The three works were choreographed by"
"joining the Ballets Russes in 1909. Her rival, Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), who also performed with the Ballets Russes, is remembered above all for creating the title role in Fokine's ""The Firebird"". Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991) danced with the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg but also toured with the Ballets Russes, dancing Aurora in Diaghilev's ""The Sleeping Princess"" (1921) in London. Ballet also began to develop in London, thanks mainly to the efforts of two women. Polish-born Marie Rambert (1888–1982) who had also gained experience with the Ballets Russes founded the Ballet Club (later the Rambert Dance Company) in 1926 introducing new choreographers"
"of the first season of the Ballets Russes in Paris. At Ballets Russes, he collaborated with other artists to create a ballet of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ""Scheherazade"", which premiered in 1910. The ballet was inspired by symphonic poems composed by Rimsky-Korsakov and the tale of the 1001 Nights. The sets designed by Léon Bakst matched the sexualized choreography. Despite the lack of historical accuracy, the ballet was successful due to its brilliant colors, exoticism, and sexual overtones. The 1910 production featured Nijinsky in the role of the Golden Slave. ""The Firebird"" (1910) was also created by a ""committee,"" a process inspired"
"""The Enchanted Lake"". In 1909 Sergei Diaghilev commissioned Lyadov to orchestrate a number for the Chopin-based ballet ""Les Sylphides"", and on 4 September that year wrote to the composer asking for a new ballet score for the 1910 season of his Ballets Russes; however, despite the much-repeated story that Lyadov was slow to start composing the work which eventually became ""The Firebird"" (famously fulfilled by the then relatively inexperienced Igor Stravinsky), there is no evidence that Lyadov ever accepted the commission. Anatoly Lyadov Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov or Liadov (; ) was a Russian composer, teacher and conductor. Lyadov was born"
"nephew parted ways in 1964, at which time Karinska was invited by Balanchine to join the New York City Ballet at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, newly injected with generous grants from the Ford Foundation. This period –often praised by critics as Karinska's greatest and condemned by others for “garish” colors–, witnessed Balanchine's new ""Firebird"", in 1970, which Karinska created from the sketches of Marc Chagall. Karinska and Chagall had been close friends and mutual artistic admirers since Moscow in the 1920s. With the ""Firebird"" collaboration, their friendship was rekindled and Karinska would spend several weeks each"
"Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as"
"1937, at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem. The dances, including ""The Firebird"", were accompanied by an all-black member symphony, and included musical selections by W. C. Handy, Ellington, and Stravinsky. Under Von Grona's direction his dancers, regardless of race, were finally presented as true artists. Although the company's premier was a critical moment for the future of dance in America, its success wasn't sustainable. The American Negro Ballet Company survived for barely a year and ended in 1938. Thanks to Von Grona's artistic motivation many other choreographers followed in his footsteps by bringing black Americans to the stage. Just a"
"scale Rimsky-Korsakov created for the character Chernobog in his opera ""Mlada"". The Khorovod, meanwhile, uses the same folk tune Rimsky-Korsakov presented in his Sinfonietta, Op. 31. The ""Firebird"" has been restaged by many choreographers, including George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (co-choreographers), Graeme Murphy, Alexei Ratmansky, and Yuri Possokhov. The ballet was revived in 1934 by Colonel Wassily de Basil's company, the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo, in a production staged in London, using the original decor and costumes from Diaghilev's company. The company subsequently performed the ballet in Australia, during the 1936–37 tour. The work was staged by George Balanchine for"
"at a time when he was virtually unknown to compose the music for ""The Firebird"", after the composer Anatoly Lyadov proved unreliable, and this was instrumental in launching Stravinsky's career in Europe and the United States of America. Stravinsky's early ballet scores were the subject of much discussion. ""The Firebird"" (1910) was seen as an astonishingly accomplished work for such a young artist (Debussy is said to have remarked drily: ""Well, you've got to start somewhere!""). Many contemporary audiences found ""Petrushka"" (1911) to be almost unbearably dissonant and confused. ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913) nearly caused an audience riot. It"
"1991, she reached the semifinal at the “Prix de Lausanne“ and subsequently joined the Jeune Ballet de France and the Ballet de l’Opéra de Nice (France). Since 1994, Yen has been a principal soloist of the ballet company at the Zurich Opera House. In 1995, she was chosen by 89-year-old Nicholas Beriozoff to dance the title role in ""The Firebird"" in the form he himself had experienced while working with Mikhail Fokine many years earlier. Subsequently, she took on parts in further reconstructions of historic ballets: by Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer - Nijinsky‘s original version of ""Le sacre du"
"on January 3, 1930, and studied at ballet at the School of Ballet in San Francisco and at the American Ballet Theatre School. In 1949 he became a member of the San Francisco Opera Ballet. From 1953 to 1959 he danced with American Ballet Theatre, already as a soloist. He was a principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet from 1959, where he performed classical parts such as the Prince in ""Swan Lake"". He created roles in ballets by John Cranko, the title role in ""Romeo and Juliet"" with Marcia Haydée as Julia (1962), the Prince in ""Firebird"" (1964), and the"
"for Tallchief, including the lead of ""The Firebird"" in 1949. Of her ""Firebird"" debut, Kirstein wrote ""Maria Tallchief made an electrifying appearance, emerging as the nearest approximation to a prima ballerina that we had yet enjoyed."" The role created a sensation and launched her to the top of the ballet world, granting her the prima ballerina title. Noting the great technical difficulty of the role, ""The New York Times"" critic John Martin wrote that Tallchief was asked ""to do everything except spin on her head, and she does it with complete and incomparable brilliance."" Tallchief's popularity help grow the fledgeling"
"the Boston Ballet from 1996 to 1999. Her principal Bournonville roles have included Madge in ""La Sylphide"", Teresina in ""Napoli"", and Hilda in ""A Folk Tale"". She has also danced in modern works including Paul Taylor's ""Aureole"" (1968) and Antony Tudor's ""Jardin aux Lilas"". She has also participated in Eske Holm's ballets and happenings dancing Electra in his ""Orestes"" (1972) and taking the title role in his ""The Firebird"" (1975). With her exceptional radiance, Englund has been a challenge for contemporary choreographers. Roles have been created for her by Constantin Patsalas in ""Das Lied von der Erde"" (1988), Kenneth Kreutzmann"
"She was the first one to prepare choreographies for Finnish television. In 1959 she made ""The Red Room"" based on August Strindberg, and later ""Selli"" (The Cell), ""Häkki"" (The Cage) and ""Sudenmorsian"" (The Wolf's Bride). Elsa Sylvestersson Elsa Maria Sylvestersson (11 August 1924 Turku, Finland – 9 November 1996 Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer. Sylvestersson danced as soloist in ballet at the age of 14. As a dancer, her most famous roles included Odette-Odile in ""Swan Lake"", and the Firebird in ""The Firebird"". She was technically talented and thus well suited for the roles in character"
"Trois mouvements de Petrouchka Trois mouvements de Petrouchka or Three Movements from Petrushka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet ""Petrushka"" by the composer Igor Stravinsky for the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Stravinsky's mentor Sergei Diaghilev had expected Stravinsky would follow the ballet ""The Firebird"" with another dance work, ""The Rite of Spring"". The idea for such a work had occurred to Stravinsky while still working on ""The Firebird"", but Stravinsky felt the need to write something unrelated to the theater and conceived an orchestral work in which the piano would have a prominent part: Stravinsky himself used"
"Bluebeard (ballet) Barbe-bleue (en. ""Bluebeard"") (ru. «Синяя борода», ""Sinjaja boroda"") is a ""ballet-féerie"" in three acts and seven scenes, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Pyotr Schenk. The libretto was created by the author and dramatist Countess Lydia Pashkova from the fairy tale ""Bluebeard"" by Charles Perrault. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, the first performance being a benefit in honor of Marius Petipa's fiftieth anniversary in service to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. Marius Petipa created the ballet ""Bluebeard"" for his own benefit"
"the work unfinished. Glazunov wrote three ballets; eight symphonies and many other orchestral works; five concertos (2 for piano; 1 for violin; 1 for cello; 1 for saxophone); seven string quartets; two piano sonatas and other piano pieces; miscellaneous instrumental pieces; and some songs. He worked together with the choreographer Michel Fokine to create the ballet ""Les Sylphides"". It was a collection of piano works by Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Glazunov. He was also given the opportunity by Serge Diaghilev to write music to ""The Firebird"" after Lyadov had failed to do so. Glazunov refused. Eventually, Diaghilev sought out the"
"Académie Vitti in Paris. In 1901 he moved to the Saint Petersburg region from Moscow. It was here that he came into his own as a stage designer, combining symbolism and modernism on operatic and dramatic productions for Diaghilev, Meyerhold and others. After the Revolution of 1917, Golovin found work in theatre less and less often, and so delved into painting and graphic illustration. Golovin provided the set design for the 1910 original production of Stravinsky's ""The Firebird"" ballet. Golovin provided the scenic design for an important production of Pierre Beaumarchais's ""The Marriage of Figaro"" at the Moscow Art Theatre."