A Portrait of Giselle [Documentary Film]

March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sir Anton Dolin interviews Patricia McBride and legendary Giselles of the past: Olga Spessivtzeva, Alicia Markova, Alicia Alonso, Galina Ulanova, Yvette Chavire, Natalia Makarova and Tamara Karsavina.

If you love ballet, you know that Giselle is the ultimate in technical difficulty as in acting prowess. To dance Giselle (and to dance it well) is every ballerina's dream. For tonight, Thursday at The Theater, I have chosen the documentary film:  A Portrait of Giselle. The role of Giselle is the most famous Romantic ballet role and was created and first performed by the great Italian ballerina, Carlotta Grisi in June 1841. The character is a sweet, innocent, beautiful young peasant girl with a … [Read more...]

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Beloved Ballerinas From The Past [Slideshow]

February 21, 2012 By 6 Comments
Beloved Ballerinas from the Past

Pas de Quatre was a historic ballet because it united four beloved ballerinas from the past. The ballet was choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845 to Cesare Pguni's music. It premiered in London on July 1845 with great anticipation. Who Where These four Beloved Ballerinas from the Past? The reason for this was that it brought together, on one stage, the four greatest ballerinas of the time. The ballerinas were, in order of appearance, Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Marie … [Read more...]

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Ballet in Cuba, Birth of a School in the 20th Century

December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ballet in Cuba: Birth of a School in the 20th Century

Earlier this month in Buenos Aires, Argentina, renown dance historian for the CNB, Miguel Cabrera,  launched his latest treasure: Ballet in Cuba, Birth of a School in the 20th Century, (‘El Ballet en Cuba. Nacimiento de una Escuela en el Siglo XX’), abook in which the history of the Cuban National Ballet is documented. Cabrera writes in detail from its birth spanning six decades of the Cuban ballet, beginning with the 19th century. For the first time in Latin America has a book like … [Read more...]

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