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A Quick Look At The Best Ballets Ever
The Nutcracker is a ballet in two acts with music by Tchaikovsky. The original version of the ballet was created and staged by the great Russian choreographer Marius Pepita in December 1892 however The Nutcracker has been staged many times, choreographed by ballet greats such as Rudolph Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. The ballet is usually performed near to Christmas in-keeping with the story's theme. The story centers on a young girl, Clara whose godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, makes toys with magical qualities. Clara dreams that her toys come to life and the ballet is an interpretation of her fantastical dream.
Swan Lake is another ballet that uses the melodic music of Tchaikovsky. The ballet premiered in February 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow but the definitive version is perhaps the interpretation staged by Marius Pepita and Lev Ivanov in St Petersburg in January 1895. The plot sees Prince Siegfried meeting and falling in love with beautiful princess Odette who has been turned into a swan by an evil magician. She is only allowed into her human form at night and the love of a virgin prince is only able to break the spell. The play ends in tragedy with both characters dying but the two are beautifully reunited in the afterlife.
Tchaikovsky is considered to be the master composer for ballets and his music is the inspiration for the ballet The Sleeping Beauty. The ballet, which is based on the well-known fairytale of the same name premiered in 1892 in St Petersburg. The great Russian choreographer Marius Pepita choreographed this defining version of this much-loved classic.
Sergei Prokofiev provided the music for the ballet adaption of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The story of young lovers born to warring families is a well-known classic. The ballet has been staged many times with definitive versions being choreographed by John Cranko in 1962 for the Stuttgart Ballet and the 1965 Kenneth MacMillan's stunning interpretation for London's Royal Ballet.
The ballet Copplia choreographed by Arthur Saint-Lon premiered at the Theatre Imperial de l'Opera in Paris in May 1870. The music is by Lo Delibes and the ballet's genre is romantic and comic. Franz a young boy falls in love with Copplia a girl who sits on her balcony all day reading but speaking to no one. Franz is engaged to Swanhilda who realizes that Copplia is in fact a doll made by an eccentric inventor. Swanhilda impersonates Copplia to win back the love of Franz and after some confusion harmony is restored in this enchanting ballet.
Cinderella is a comic ballet based on the well-known fairytale with music by Sergei Prokofiev. It was first performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in November 1945 choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov. Sir Frederick Ashton's version of the ballet Cinderella premiered in Moscow in 1948.
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