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Ballet to music by Chopin, Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakow and Shostakovich: Nijinsky; Ballet to a collage of existing music arranged by Bob Zimmerman: Nijinsky – Dancer, Clown, God; Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master Ballet to music by William Boyce, arranged by Constant Lambert: The Prospect Before Us
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.
This dramatic ballet served as the climax of this musical production and has subsequently been presented as a stand-alone piece; however, several of the sung numbers in the show featured dance routines as well, notably the title number. Princess Zenobia Ballet (1936) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1936). Babes in Arms (1937), by Rodgers and Hart
Today, partly thanks to Balanchine, ballet is one of the most well-preserved dances in the world. [citation needed] Barbara Karinska was a Russian emigree and a skilled seamstress who collaborated with Balanchine to elevate the art of costume design from a secondary role to an integral part of a ballet performance.
Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ballet as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet
This is a list of people who have been awarded the title prima ballerina, technically the second highest title that can be awarded to a ballerina: prima ballerina assoluta being the first. It is also used as a description of the place of a particular dancer within a company.
List of Balanchine Trust repetiteurs; Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956; Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966; Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976; Andrés García Benítez
Ciara Sexton (born 1988), five time world champion Irish dancer who toured with the Lord of the Dance; Ninette de Valois (1898–2001), ballerina, choreographer, director, founded Vic-Wells Ballet which became the Royal Ballet