Swan Lake was written by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky in the classical period of19th century. 187 1 year, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky lived in Kamanka's sister's house and prepared a mysterious gift for his nephew. The ballet Swan Lake was adapted from a German fairy tale. 1875, Gary Zell, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's good friend and artistic director of the Moscow Grand Theatre, invited him to finish the ballet Swan Lake. But the premiere at the Moscow Grand Theatre was not a success. At that time, there was no choreography, no movement arrangement and design, and the actors' performances were quite casual. The whole performance was a mess and Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky was criticized by the outside world. He was so sad that he even doubted his ability to write ballet. It was not until Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's death that Petipa rearranged the dance, blending all kinds of classic dance fragments and types, making it a classic ballet.
What kind of story does Swan Lake tell?
Swan Lake tells the story of Prince Siegfried falling in love with Princess Ogetta, who was swept away by the devil and turned into a white swan. In order to break the oath between the prince and Aogueta, the devil took his daughter Aogueta into the palace ball disguised as Aogueta. The prince mistakenly thought that Aogueta was Aogueta, danced with her and announced his engagement. I didn't know I was cheated until I saw Aogueta, who had been watching from the window, fly away sadly. The prince chased him to the forest lake and fought the devil to the death. The power of love finally defeated evil.
How was the "lead" dancer selected?
Swan Lake belongs to the classical ballet style, and the representative costume of classicism is the Bunny Troupe, which has high requirements for three long, two short and one small (long neck, long legs, long arms and small face). Due to the problem of clothing, it is obvious that the ballet foundation is stretched straight, and it will be particularly obvious if you don't do it a little, so the dancers' dancing skills are particularly demanding.
The selection of "chief" dancers in dance drama is even more strict. Some of them started from the group dance, led the dance and solo dance in the dance troupe, and gradually went to the position of the chief dancer, so they could play the most important role in the dance drama. For example, Ulyana Lopatkina (chief dancer of Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre Ballet) 18 graduated from VBA (Vagonova Ballet School) and was selected by the Grand Theatre. At first, she played a supporting role in group performances, and then gradually assumed some solo roles (such as the lilac fairy in Sleeping Beauty and the street dancer in Don Quixote). Three years later, she got an important role in Black and White Swan.
Others showed amazing talent and potential when they were students, and received much attention and high hopes. For example, Svetlana Zakharova, a Russian national treasure dancer, graduated from VBA at the age of 17, and was selected by Malinschi Grand Theatre as soon as she graduated, and became the chief dancer at the age of 18. The rare conditions, abilities, skills and images make Cha Charova a rare all-around dancer when he was young.
After graduation, Polina Semionova was selected as the chief dancer of Berlin National Ballet by Vladimir Malakhov, and was promoted to the youngest chief ballet dancer in Germany at the age of 18.
Are the white swan and the black swan in Swan Lake played by one person?
The black swan and the white swan are usually played by the same person.
White swan is delicate, pure and sad, while black swan is charming, gorgeous and proud. The two roles have different styles, which require dancers' stage performance skills to be extremely high. This can be seen from Natalie Portman's Black Swan.
Technically speaking, the dance of white swan is slow and beautiful, but it must be highly integrated with music. Among them, the variation of the big white swan duet should show super lightness and the swan flapping its wings. Among them, the "swan flapping its wings", its arms should become wings, and its feet should be finely intertwined.
In the dance of the black swan, the arm movements are not as flapping as those of the white swan, but the whole dance requires high strength and is extremely flexible, so the charm and cunning of the black swan should be fully reflected in the dance.
The 32 whipping turns in The Most Famous Black Swan, originally written by Pirina Legna in 1982, appeared in the St. Petersburg edition, explaining the completely different spiritual worlds of black swan and white swan. Its superb stunts left this stunt in Swan Lake and became the touchstone to measure the strength of ballet dancers and dance companies.
At present, the "32 whip turn" of the black swan is not only 32 whip turns, but also many tricks are added by different excellent dancers, such as "single and double", "single and three" and "whip+bass turn", and even some excellent dancers jump out of "whip+Arabic bass turn+bass turn". Give full play to the skill of "32 whip".
Are there any other dances in Swan Lake?
Swan Lake has not only all kinds of swan dances, but also many unique dances. In the third act, the invited nobles and dignitaries from all over the world danced colorful dances. Including the Spanish bullfighting dance, the dance moves are all from the matador. The Italian dance Tarantella describes that after being bitten by a poisonous spider, you need to dance wildly to survive. Boys play mandolin, an Italian national musical instrument, and girls play tambourine. The Mazzuca dance in Poland and the Sardas dance in Hungary are both represented by the hat boy.
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