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Development of Russian Ballet
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Russian ballet owes much of its growth to the ballet of its European cousins. The 18th century saw the invitation of numerous “foreign ballet masters” to Russia’s native soil (Anderson 100). Such masters as Jean Baptiste Landé helped ballet gain enough prominence to warrant an official patronage in 1766. This prompted the development of Russia’s own choreographers, but Anderson holds that foreign choreographers played the most significant role in the 19th century. Russian ballet improved markedly under the tutelage of such choreographers as Didelot, Perrot, Saint-Léon, and the famous Petipa.
Unlike those its European neighbors, Russian dancers enjoyed respected and a smattering of royal favor from their country. The tsar involved himself personally in the production and maintenance of the state-sponsored ballets; such involvement made ballet dancers equal in status to those in the military. ... Indeed, ballet became so popular in St. Petersberg that the term balletomanes was coined for the most loyal of the fans, the ballet “roadies” who knew virtually everything about the dancers and productions (Anderson 101).
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Title: Development of Russian Ballet
Words: 869
Rating: None
Pages: 3.5
submitted by: adnauseum
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