The Waltz of the Flowers and The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy are from which 19th century ballet?
"money in. DePrince was one of the stars of the 2011 documentary film ""First Position"", which follows six young dancers vying for a place in an elite ballet company or school, and performed on the TV show ""Dancing with the Stars"". In 2011 she made her European debut in 'Abdallah and the Gazelle of Basra' with De Dutch Don't Dance Division (Dance Company The Hague, NL), The Hague, Netherlands. She came back there a year later to dance The Sugar Plum Fairy in 'The Nutcracker' at the Lucent Dance Theatre. In 2012, she graduated from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline"
"Antonietta Dell'Era Antonietta Dell'Era (10 February 1860 Milan 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian ""prima ballerina"" best known for originating the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet, ""The Nutcracker"" (1892). The St. Petersberg premiere sold out. She received five curtain calls and good reviews. Modest Tchaikovsky described her as ""pudgy and unattractive"". From 1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera, being adored by many critics and writers, among them Theodor Fontane. Between 1886 and 1894, she also performed in Russia, mainly in St. Petersberg, along with the ""Italian Invasion"" - an"
"influx of talented Italian dancers to Russia that included Pierina Legnani, Enrico Cecchetti, and Virginia Zucchi. Notes Bibliography Antonietta Dell'Era Antonietta Dell'Era (10 February 1860 Milan 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian ""prima ballerina"" best known for originating the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet, ""The Nutcracker"" (1892). The St. Petersberg premiere sold out. She received five curtain calls and good reviews. Modest Tchaikovsky described her as ""pudgy and unattractive"". From 1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera, being adored by many critics and writers, among them Theodor Fontane. Between 1886"
"soloist of the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and created roles in nearly every important premiere throughout the late nineteenth century. Among the roles she created were: the fairy ""Canari que chant"" and the ""Diamond Fairy"" in the ""Pas de Quatre of the Precious Stones"" from Petipa's ""The Sleeping Beauty"" (1890), ""Aurora, goddess of the dawn"" in Petipa's ""The Awakening of Flora"" (1894), and the lead Ballerina of the ""Waltz of the Flowers"" in the premiere of ""The Nutcracker"" (1892). Christian Johansson Pehr Christian Johansson (May 20, 1817 – December 12, 1903) was a teacher, choreographer and balletmaster for the Russian"
"School of the Arts on a full scholarship. There she performed in ""Grand Pas Romantique"" (choreographed and staged by Fernando Bujones) and ""Intermezzo"" (choreographed by Eliot Feld). She also danced the roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Snow Queen in ""The Nutcracker"". In 1999, when the production was performed at the Hungarian National Academy, Ms. Riccetto was invited to Budapest to reprise her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy, dancing with Gabor Szigeti, a soloist with the Hungarian National Ballet. Riccetto was as a guest artist at the 25th Anniversary Gala for the Uruguay National Ballet School and"
"Theatre; she joined the New York City Ballet shortly after its founding in 1948. She performed there many times with noted dancer Jacques d'Amboise. From 1955 until her retirement in 1973, Hayden was the prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet. Hayden appeared frequently on television, especially ""The Kate Smith Show"" and ""The Ed Sullivan Show"". In 1952 she performed as the dance double for Claire Bloom in the film ""Limelight"". In 1965, she was seen on American TV as the Sugar Plum Fairy in a one-hour German-American adaptation of ""The Nutcracker"". Filmed in 1964, and first shown in"
"in 2015 when still a soloist; The Royal Ballet was celebrating 50 years since Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s ""Romeo and Juliet"" premiered at the Royal Opera House in 1965. In the current season 2018-2019 she is dancing, amongst other roles, the role of Gamzatti in ""La Bayadere"", Symphony in C 4th Movement, Sugar Plum Fairy in the ""Nutcracker"", Irina in ""Winter Dreams"", Kitri in ""Don Quixote"" and the title role in ""Two Pigeons"". http://www.roh.org.uk/people/yasmine-naghdi https://www.instagram.com/yasmine_naghdi/ https://www.gramilano.com/2018/11/interview-for-the-royal-ballets-yasmine-naghdi-its-ready-steady-go/ http://www.balletassociation.co.uk/Reports/2018/Naghdi18.html Yasmine Naghdi Yasmine Naghdi (born 25 March 1992) is a principal ballerina of The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London. Naghdi was born in London"
"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"
"Faust ballets Faust ballets are a set of ballets, choreographed between the 18th and 20th centuries, based on the legend of Faust. As early as 1723, London-based John Rich put on a Faust-inspired ballet pantomime called ""The Necromancer"" at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. In the 19th century several productions took Faust as their subject matter including August Bournonvilles 1832 production ""Faust"" for the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1833, Andre Deshayes ""Faust"" premiered in London with music by Adolphe Adam. Fanny Elssler danced the role of Gretchen in Jules Perrots 1848 Milan production. In 1852 Paul Taglioni, brother of Maria"
"Edra Toth Edra Toth (born September 18, 1952) is a Hungarian-American ballet dancer who studied under E. Virginia Williams with the Boston Ballet. Edra Toth came to the United States in 1956 as a Hungarian refugee and grew up in Boston, MA. At sixteen years old, Toth danced as a prima ballerina with Ivan Nagy for the 1969 Boston Ballet production of Giselle at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Throughout Toth's career with the Boston Ballet, she danced in multiple principal roles such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and Odette in Swan Lake. In"
"Ballet of the Nuns Ballet of the Nuns is the first ""ballet blanc"" and the first romantic ballet. 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 either Filippo Taglioni or Jean Coralli. The short ballet tells of deceased nuns rising from their tombs in a ruined cloister. Their aim is to seduce the knight, Robert le Diable, into accepting a talisman to win him a princess. At the end of the ballet, the white-clad nuns"
"in Russia before: in 1886 the ballerina Antonietta Dell'Era (noted for creating the rôle of the Sugarplum Fairy in ""The Nutcracker"" in 1892) performed excerpts from the ballet at the Arcadia Theatre of St. Petersburg, and in 1892 the ballerina Carlotta Brianza (noted creator of the rôle of Princess Aurora in ""The Sleeping Beauty"" in 1890) performed the full-length work at the Fantasia Theatre in Moscow. The Mariinsky Theatre's production was originally planned for the 1900–1901 season in a staging supervised by Sergei Diaghilev, with décors and costumes designed by Alexandre Benois and choreography by the brothers Sergei and Nikolai"
"Claire Calvert Claire Louise Calvert (born 1988) is an English ballet dancer and is a first soloist at the Royal Ballet. She is known for the roles such as the Lilac Fairy in ""The Sleeping Beauty"", Lescaut's Mistress in ""Manon"", and more recently Hermione in ""The Winter's Tale"" and the Sugar Plum Fairy in ""The Nutcracker"". Calvert was born and grew up in Bath. She joined the Junior Associates of the Royal Ballet in Bristol at the age of 8, and in 1999 (at the age of 11) moved on to the Royal Ballet Lower School at White Lodge, where"
"Flore et Zéphire Flore et Zéphire is a one-act ballet choreographed by Charles-Louis Didelot to music by Cesare Bossi, premiered in London at the King's Theatre, Haymarket on Thursday, 7 July 1796. The ballet tells the story of Zephyr, the fickle west wind, and his wife Flora, a nymph of flowers and springtime. The ballet was originally composed in 1795 for performance in Lyon, France, and was revised in 1796 prior to its London premiere. ""Flore et Zéphire"" used ""flying machines"" to send dancers soaring above the stage on nearly invisible wires, in order to enhance the presentation of Flora"
"she was coached by Darcey Bussell. Calvert graduated the Royal Ballet School in 2007 and simultaneously joined the Royal Ballet company. She was promoted to First Soloist at the end of the 2015–2016 season. Claire Calvert Claire Louise Calvert (born 1988) is an English ballet dancer and is a first soloist at the Royal Ballet. She is known for the roles such as the Lilac Fairy in ""The Sleeping Beauty"", Lescaut's Mistress in ""Manon"", and more recently Hermione in ""The Winter's Tale"" and the Sugar Plum Fairy in ""The Nutcracker"". Calvert was born and grew up in Bath. She joined"
"Aterballetto under Mauro Bigonzetti's direction. Magnicaballi is a principal dancer with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet since 1999 and Ballet Arizona since 2002. Her classical repertoire includes Odette/Odile in ""Swan Lake"", Kitri/Mercedes in ""Don Quixote"", Swanilda in ""Coppélia"", The Sugar Plum Fairy in ""The Nutcracker"", Titania in ""Midsummer Night's Dream"", Juliet in ""Romeo & Juliet"" and the title roles in ""Raymonda"" (Act. III), ""Paquita"", ""La Sylphide"" and ""Giselle"". Magnicaballi's Balanchine repertoire includes the lead roles in: ""Tzigane, Don Quixote, Duo Concertante, La Sonnambula, Divertimento No 15, Apollo, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Agon"", “Rubies” and “Diamonds” from ""Jewels, Allegro Brillante, Serenade, Bugaku,"
"ballerina and Jules Perrot. Flore et Zéphire Flore et Zéphire is a one-act ballet choreographed by Charles-Louis Didelot to music by Cesare Bossi, premiered in London at the King's Theatre, Haymarket on Thursday, 7 July 1796. The ballet tells the story of Zephyr, the fickle west wind, and his wife Flora, a nymph of flowers and springtime. The ballet was originally composed in 1795 for performance in Lyon, France, and was revised in 1796 prior to its London premiere. ""Flore et Zéphire"" used ""flying machines"" to send dancers soaring above the stage on nearly invisible wires, in order to enhance"
"the ""Trepak"" and the ""Waltz of the Flowers"". The Nutcracker (Balanchine) Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has become the most famous stage production of the ballet performed in the U.S. (Mikhail Baryshnikov's production is the most famous television version, although it too originated onstage.) It uses the plot of the Alexandre Dumas, ""père"", version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, ""The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"" (1816). Its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by Karinska and sets by Horace Armistead. It has been staged in New York every year"
"spot with a major ballet company, and, at the urging of her superiors, took the name Maria Tallchief. She spent the next five years with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she met legendary choreographer George Balanchine. When Balanchine co-founded what would become the New York City Ballet in 1946, Tallchief became the company's first star. The combination of Balanchine's difficult choreography and Tallchief's passionate dancing revolutionized the ballet. Her 1949 role in ""The Firebird"" catapulted Tallchief to the top of the ballet world, establishing her as a prima ballerina. Her role as the Sugarplum Fairy in ""The Nutcracker"""
"Available recordings: Available recordings: There are no available recordings. Unrealized. The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 (), is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale ""The Stone Flower"" by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition. It was premiered posthumously in 1954, conducted by Yuri Fayer. The work is scored for an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais),"
"a Kingdom of Sweets to cover the whole of Act II. The ballet's scenario also introduced smaller changes, such as changing the heroine's name from Marie to Clara. Choreographer Kent Stowell, the artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB), first invited the author-illustrator Maurice Sendak to collaborate on a ""Nutcracker"" production in 1979, after Stowell's wife and colleague Francia Russell saw a Sendak-designed performance of Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"" in Houston. Sendak initially rejected Stowell's invitation, later explaining: Stowell gave up for the moment, but contacted Sendak the following year, asking him to reconsider and suggesting that they ""start"
"The Loves of Mars and Venus The Loves of Mars and Venus by John Weaver was arguably the first modern ballet, the first dance work to tell a story through dance, gesture and music alone. Its first performance was at London's Drury Lane Theatre on Saturday 2 March 1717. Before 1717 ballet had always been part of operas and plays and dependent on their words to narrate the drama. ""The Loves of Mars and Venus"" was a danced drama, equal to the plays seen on London’s stage, described in its own time as a ‘Dramatic Entertainment of Dancing’, “the first"
"other famous 19th century ""Grand Pas"", among them, the ""Le Corsaire Pas de Deux"", ""Don Quxiote Grand Pas de Deux"", and the ""Paquita Grand Pas Classique"", among others. At the beginning of the fourth scene, after a brief interlude, the second of the additions to the ballet was danced - another ""Waltz of the Swans"" to Drigo's orchestration of a piece from Tchaikovsky's Op. 72 - No. 11 ""Valse Bluette"". This Waltz is still retained by many companies, particularly the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet and the Royal Ballet. Ivanov choreographed this Waltz, based on Petipa's sketches, for both white and black Swans."
"The Whims of the Butterfly The Whims of the Butterfly (also known as ""The Caprices of a Butterfly"", or ""Les Caprices du Papillon"") is a ballet in 1 act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Nikolai Krotkov. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the poem ""The Grasshopper Musician"" by Yakov Polonsky. First presented by the Imperial Ballet on June 5/17 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1889 for the Imperial court at the theatre of Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ballet was given a second premiere for the general public at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on October 25/November 6,"
"Faust"" was set to Bachs ""B minor Mass"". Béjart himself danced in ""Notre Faust"" at its New York City premiere in 1977. Faust ballets Faust ballets are a set of ballets, choreographed between the 18th and 20th centuries, based on the legend of Faust. As early as 1723, London-based John Rich put on a Faust-inspired ballet pantomime called ""The Necromancer"" at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. In the 19th century several productions took Faust as their subject matter including August Bournonvilles 1832 production ""Faust"" for the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1833, Andre Deshayes ""Faust"" premiered in London with music by"
"The Red Poppy The Red Poppy () or sometimes The Red Flower () is a ballet in three acts and eight tableaux with an apotheosis, with a score written by Reinhold Glière and libretto by Mikhail Kurilko. This ballet was created in 1927 as the first Soviet ballet with a modern revolutionary theme. Possibly the most famous dance from this ballet is the Sailors Dance, sometimes referred to as the ""Russian Sailors Dance"" (although it is described as ""Dance of the Sailors from the Soviet Ship"" in the score and libretto). It is this musical selection for which Glière is"
"The Red Poppy The Red Poppy () or sometimes The Red Flower () is a ballet in three acts and eight tableaux with an apotheosis, with a score written by Reinhold Glière and libretto by Mikhail Kurilko. This ballet was created in 1927 as the first Soviet ballet with a modern revolutionary theme. Possibly the most famous dance from this ballet is the Sailors Dance, sometimes referred to as the ""Russian Sailors Dance"" (although it is described as ""Dance of the Sailors from the Soviet Ship"" in the score and libretto). It is this musical selection for which Glière is"
"Walpurgisnacht Ballet Walpurgisnacht Ballet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 ""Faust"" at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, including the additional ballet music from 1869. The New York City Ballet premiere was its first presentation as an independent work and took place on Thursday, 15 May 1980 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Balanchine had previously made dances for a production of ""Faust"" at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, danced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, as well as in 1935 for the Metropolitan Opera and"
"The Daughter of the Snows The Daughter of the Snows (also known as ""Snegurochka"" or ""La Fille des neiges"") is a fantastic ballet in three acts and five scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus. The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on the play ""The Snow Maiden"" by Alexander Ostrovsky, inspired by a Russian folk fairy tale about Snegurochka from the folklore collection by Alexander Afanasyev. The ballet premiered on 7 January 1879 at the St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Ballet. Principal dancers: Ekaterina Vazem (as the"
"The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 (), is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale ""The Stone Flower"" by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition. It was premiered posthumously in 1954, conducted by Yuri Fayer. The work is scored for an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (1st doubling E-flat clarinet, 2nd doubling bass clarinet),"
"Le baiser de la fée Le baiser de la fée (""The Fairy's Kiss"") is a ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story ""Isjomfruen"" (English: The Ice-Maiden), the work is an homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for the 35th anniversary of the composer's death. Stravinsky elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. A commission by Ida Rubinstein from 1927, the ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered"
"Dance of the Hours Dance of the Hours (Italian: """") is a short ballet and is the act 3 finale of the opera ""La Gioconda"" composed by Amilcare Ponchielli. It depicts the hours of the day through solo and ensemble dances. The opera was first performed in 1876 and was revised in 1880. Later performed on its own, the ""Dance of the Hours"" was at one time one of the best known and most frequently performed ballets. It became even more widely known after its inclusion in the 1940 Disney animated film ""Fantasia"" where it is depicted as a comic"
"Andre Levinson writes, ""The academic dance had been an agreeable exercise to watch. Now, [ballet] clarified matters of the soul. Ballet was a divertissement (an entertainment, a distraction). It became a mystery."" Kisselgoff writes, ""... the preoccupation with the supernatural that characterized so much of 19th-century ballet could be traced to the success of the ""Ballet of the Nuns"" in Meyerbeer's first production at the Paris Opéra"". Ballet of the Nuns Ballet of the Nuns is the first ""ballet blanc"" and the first romantic ballet. It is an episode in Act 3 of Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera, ""Robert le diable""."