Essays Tagged: "Marie Taglioni"

Ballet- A brief history of ballet incl. famous ballets, ballet dancers incl. Anna Pavlova, pointe shoes, and techniques.

et.French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo, dance, from ballare, to dance. See ballerina.Marie Taglioni often gets the credit and the blame for being the first to dance on pointe, but no on ... eing the first to dance on pointe, but no one really knows for sure. It is established that in 1832 Marie Taglioni danced in the full length La Sylphide on pointe. But almost certainly there were danc ...

(13 pages) 140 3 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

The Positive and Negative Effects of Dance on the Body

se, they began to jump, hop, and leap. And women began to rebel against their restrictive costumes. Marie Sallé literally let her hair down and donned looser clothes for her ballet d'action. He ... e flashy new steps that had heretofore been done exclusively by men. (Entrechat quatre and cabriole)Marie Taglioni often gets the credit and the blame for being the first to dance on Pointe. But no on ...

(4 pages) 50 0 4.7 Jul/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Year 11 Ballet

pplauded for both his classical and his mime dancing. Knee troubles and the jealousy of his partner Marie Taglioni led to his resignation in 1835. He then toured through Europe as a dancer and choreog ... allet center by choreographing ballets such as Ondine, Esmeralda, and the Pas de Quatre, staged for Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Lucile Grahn, and Fanny Cerrito. In 1848 Perrot became premier danse ...

(7 pages) 9 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts