DANCE 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lindy Hop, Yoruba Religion, Brazilian Carnival
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Giselle is the unattainable female, she is a peasant girl, she has a weak heart, she dies in a mad scene. Albrecht (noble in disguise, disguises as a peasant in order to court her) Wilis (slavic term for vampire, women who"ve been betrayed by men, and they die) myrtha (queen of wilis) Choreographers jean coral and jules perrot- grass"s lover. Gautier makes sure perrot is not given credit. Russians makarova and baryshnikov (defected 1970 and 1974) Imperial russian ballet 0 late 19th c ballet 158-162. Russia wants westernize to be able to be perceived with prestige. Peter the great befriends a group of europeans and he becomes very interested inrussia. He wanted to bring fashion and dance from the west. Rose adagio ( at the party) -individually dances with all 4 dancers , pricks finger. Divertissement does not move the plot forward just entertains. Snowflake scene ( 1993: mark morris, the hard nut 1991.
