My first choice was a ballet piece named La Sylphide. La Sylphide is a story about a young Scottish man named James who is soon to be wed. He falls asleep and has an intricate dream about a beautiful sylphide, which is a spirit. In his dream they dance and he soon falls in love with the sylphide. When he awakes, he soon forgets about the sylphide and focuses on his fiancée.
A witch soon arrives in the castle that reads palms and tells James he would betray his fiancée on their wedding day. He doesn’t listen and the wedding continues. When he is about to put the ring on her finger, the sylphide appears and snatches the ring away from him. She soon runs off into the forest and James chases after her, leaving his fiancée at the altar.
The witch appears to him again but this time to offer him a magical scarf. She tells him that the scarf will capture her and she will be his forever. James takes the scarf and wraps it around the sylphide, which kills her. James is soon left alone with no one and all alone. His fiancée ended up marrying his best friend.
The original choreographer of this piece was named Philippe Taglioni who was an Italian dancer. La Sylphide was performed by his daughter Marie Taglioni, who also was a very important ballerina at the time of the Romantic Era, at The Paris Oera in Paris of 1832. She played the sylphide in her father’s piece and wore a costume that had real flowers on her dress which was different from the other dancers. She had also dance for August Bournonville who was a part of The Royal Danish Ballet Company.. August soon took over the piece in Copenhagen of 1836. August created more than 50 ballet pieces for the Royal Danish Ballet. He wanted more of a French and English romantic side to the piece,...
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...iece, it was just her and there was no male presence on stage. The costumes differ from showing a culture to representing how someone felt about the times going on around them. Martha also choreographed her own performance and La Sylphide had two choreographers. In Lamentation, Martha showed more of a looser body flow and only used a bench as her prop. In La Sylphide, it had many different settings such as a forest, living room, and a church scene.
In a way both pieces were based on sadness. In La Sylphide, James is left alone and broken hearted. In Graham’s piece, she is representing sorrow and sadness. James lost his fiancée and the sylphide. Graham lost her son and danced her heart out for him. Both pieces have a message that people who are into grief dances should look more into. Personally I prefer happier pieces but these two caught my eye before any other.
Living in Maryland, the narrator and her little brother Joey lived a very simple life. There mother had job that required many hours, and her father was unemployed and still in the process of trying to find a job. They lived in a very run down house in a very small poor community. One summer day, the narrator , Joey, and a group of kids from the community were bored and wanted to do something different. So,the narrator and the kids went down to one of the elders home, Miss Lottie. Miss Lottie was the old woman that everyone made stories about and for the kids they knew her as the witch. In the summer time Miss Lottie would always be in her front yard planting marigolds, which were an easy target to destroy. The kids all took part in throwing rock at Miss Lottie's marigolds, and the narrator was the coordinator. After they sprinted back to the oak tree, the narrator started to feel guilt for what she
The next morning, as he leaves the castle he breaks a rose of its stem and the Beast appears. Beast is angry with this intruder's thanklessness and tells the man that he will spare the man's life if he returns in a month to give him one of the daughters. The man returns home and tells the whole family of the enchanted castle and the promise made to the Beast. Beauty steps up as the daughter that will give up her freedom for her father. When the month is up, Beauty enters the castle to await her fate.
The music for Le martyrdom comes from an advanced stage in Debussy’s career. As a point of reference, Pelléas et Mélisande had already been written in TK. There is a brief spoken introduction [excerpt TK], in which the narrator entreats the audience to silence and attentiveness, followed by the Prélude to Mansion One , or Act One, The Court of Lilies. The music calls to mind Pelléas, but with an even more restrained orchestration and leaner texture, which if anything serves to heighten the sensuality of the music.
"Giselle" is a romantic ballet choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Adolphe Adam beautifully composes the music. This ballet was originally performed in Paris in 1841. The production that we viewed in class was from La Salla. "Giselle" is one of the last ballets of the Romantic era.
The themes in both these stories are very similar in many ways. They are also very different in many ways to. The story also shows that no matter what your family is like you should never be ashamed of
The side of romance that warms many hearts and sells even more movie tickets is of glamour and charm. Like the romances portrayed in the movies, Cathy and Heathcliff’s love is boundless and impregnable, proving to be stronger than a single strand of spider silk. Although many threaten to cut the strand, including Edgar Linton, it is invincible. No one can interfere, especially Edgar, because in both Catherine and Heathcliff’s mind, they love each other more than anyone could ever imagine: “If he [Edgar] loved with all the power of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I [Heathcliff] could in a day” (141). Since children, Catherine and Heathcliff have this strong relationship that fulfills the picturesque love of two souls intertwined. Even through the worst of times, the love of Catherine and Heathcliff can endure and sync themselves to feel each other’s happiness, pain, and sorro...
...uch of love and its ways. When she leaves she takes two kisses with her instead of just one. On the final day the lord hunts fox, a sly and cunning creature, the fox outsmarts the hunting party over and over before being captured. The lady is sly like the fox on the third day, she tries to give Gawain a gold ring but he refuses so she gives him a green belt, stating it is worthless but whoever wears it cannot be killed. Like the fox Gawain is captured, he is to meet with the Green Knight the next day and is fearful for his life thus his fear allows him to accept the green belt.
Throughout the second and final act the musical content within the play acts as a story of it’s own through theme and variation. Each separate song represents a feeling and or mood and is enhanced as it is varied throughout the act. Like the first act, the songs are used to portray poverty, suffering, hardships, and even death. However, unlike the first act, there is also a theme of love and happiness. Closure is brought about with a sense of warmth and this is often heard through the display of the tempo. When the times were tough the tempo decreased and was often slow and morbid like.
The Lord told him he was welcomed to come in. The Lord steps up and makes a deal with Sir Gawain; however the deal was the lord goes hunting and Sir Gawain will exchange his winnings. The first day the lord goes hunting for heard, the Lord’s wife sneaks in trying to seduce him; however, he declines but she steals a kiss. Sir Gawain then presents the Lord with a kiss. The second day the Lord goes hunting again for wild boar, but the same morning the Lord’s wife sneaks in and gives him two kisses. Later that day, Sir Gawain presents him with two kisses. The third day the Lord hunts a fox; however, the Lord’s wife presents Sir Gawain with three kisses also offering him a ring and a green sash, Sir Gawain declines the ring because it was to much value aside from the sash that he declined but them accepted as the Lord’s wife explained that he would be uninjured if he wore the
The next work of the program, Courtly Airs and Dances, is a multi-movement work composed by Ron Nelson. The piece is split into six movements: Intrada, Basse Danse, Pavane, Saltarello, Sarabande, and Allemande. Each of these present distinct characteristics that separate it from each other movement, yet all are united by being a style of dance. The first movement, Intrada, presents a fanfare-like opening to the multi-movement work. The trumpets and brass section as a whole lead this, as they create a sense of nobility. The key is major and the tempo is one that could be described as allegretto—it is not a fast tempo, yet more brisk than an andante pace. The texture is homophonic, as there are different parts being performed by different
During the falling action of the play, Gratiano took the chance to jeopardize his relationship with Nerissa when he gives away the ring he sworn he would never lose. As said by Gratiano to Nerissa in the falling action of the play, “Now by this hand, I gave it to a youth.”(4.2.161) when he explains that he gives his ring to the judge’s clerk to his wife Nerissa. Although Nerissa was just joking about taking the ring which disguised as the clerk, it comes to her surprise that her husband has the audacity to break a commitment. This ring plot brings suspense and tension to the scene as the two elements anticipate Nerissa’s reaction and it also gives background information as this scene is one of the major plots in the play. Correspondingly, the role of taking chances is shown in the link between Jessica and Lorenzo. Amid the rising action, Jessica (Shylock’s daughter) escapes her father’s house to abandon him and marry Lorenzo – who her father hates since Lorenzo is a Christian. Before Jessica leaves Shylock, she tells Launcelot – the fool – during the rising action, “I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so; / Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil ... / Lorenzo, who is thy new master’s guest. / Give him this letter, do it secretly” (2.3.1-7). Jessica tells Launcelot that she is also going to leave Shylock and
Penelope, a loyal, faithful and patient wife is faced with suitors pressuring her daily to remarry. She uses her wit and cleverness to hold them off. She assures the suitors that she will remarry as soon as she finishes the burial shroud for her husband, which she has no intention of finishing until her husband returns. Upon realizing that her husband had returned she makes an announcement to marry the winner of the archery contest.
She decides to walk through a forest to get to her grandmother’s house, despite being told that a wolf was lurking in it. While traversing the forest, she encounters the wolf and accidentally tells him where she is going. The wolf distracts her
It tells the story of Princess Aurora, King Florestan's daughter. The fairies have been invited to Aurora's christening, and each one in turn dances and gives a magic present. However, the wicked fairy, Carabosse, interrupts the ceremony and is furious that she wasn't invited. She announces that one day Aurora will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Everyone is horrified, but the Lilac fairy still has her present to give. She modifies the spell so Aurora will not die, but will fall asleep and be woken only by a prince's kiss. At her 16th birthday party, princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle brought by Carabosse in disguise and, with the whole court, falls asleep for 100 years. Prince Florimund, with the help of the Lilac fairy. Makes his way through the enchanted forest to awaken Aurora with a kiss. At Princess Aurora and Prince Florimund's wedding, the fairies dance and celebrate with Puss in Boots and Red Riding Hood.
In today’s society, the concept of dreaming and dreams, in general, has been featured in a variety of different mediums, such as literature, film and even music. While the mediums of film and music are both prime examples of this concept, the medium of literature, on the other hand, contains a much more diverse set of examples pertaining to dreams and dreaming. One key example is William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. While the portrayal of dreams, in general, plays a prominent role in Shakespeare’s play, the exploration of many aspects of nature, allows readers to believe that dreams are merely connected to somewhat unconventional occurrences.