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The ballet's libretto is based on Raffaella's life, featuring characters inspired by her friends and mentors such as Violette Verdy. The world premiere of Raffaella featured a cast of 50 dancers, many of whom had danced with Raffaella during her life. The music was performed by 42 members of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
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Ballet Rambert: Mercury Theatre: May 15 Serenade: George Balanchine: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: School of American Ballet: Felix M. Warburg's estate in White Plains, New York, United States: June 10 The Fountain of Bakhchisarai: Rostislav Zakharov: Boris Asafiev: Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet: Mariinsky Theatre: September 28
Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo (dance) which comes from Latin ballo, ballare, meaning "to dance", [1] [2] which in turn comes from the Greek "βαλλίζω" (ballizo), "to dance, to jump about". [2] [3] The word came into English usage from the French around 1630.
Ballet has a long history in Italy, and it is widely believed that the earliest predecessor of modern-day ballet originated in the Italian courts of the Renaissance. Two predominant training systems are used to teach Italian ballet today: the Cecchetti method, devised by Enrico Cecchetti, and that of the La Scala Theatre Ballet School.
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The sáo (also called sáo trúc — pronounced [ʂǎːw ʈʂʊ̌kp], like "shall-joog") is a family of flutes found in Vietnam, considered a symbol of rural Vietnam. Sáo is the literal Vietnamese word for "flute".
Coppelia, a 2021 ballet film combining live dance with animation; Coppelia (ice cream parlor), in Havana, Cuba; 815 Coppelia, a minor planet (asteroid)