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Atossaâs Dream Yoking Music and Dance, Antiquity and Modernity in Maurice Emmanuelâs Salamine (1929)
This essay explores the conflicting trends of tradition and
modernism, unity and independence in Parisian musical and
dance culture in the late 1920s through an analysis of Maurice
Emmanuelâs (1863-1938) aesthetics of contemporary and
ancient Greek music and dance. It begins by outlining and
critiquing Emmanuelâs relevant scholarly contributions to
ancient Greek dance history and music history before
demonstrating how these tensions manifested in the 1929
production of Emmanuelâs opera Salamine based on
Aeschylusâs The Persians. Exploring Emmanuelâs aesthetics of
music and dance (ancient and modern) affords a unique
opportunity to see how these creative media were theorized
and practiced in the tumultuous years after the Ballets russes,
while illustrating some of the conflicts between what LĂ©andre
Vaillat termed âthe academic and the eurhythmicâ in dance
and music
Ballets SuĂ©dois (1920â25)
Rolf de MarĂ©âs Ballets SuĂ©dois was active from 1920 to 1925. It was the chief artistic rival to Diaghilevâs Ballets Russes, and de MarĂ© was often referred to as the Swedish Serge Diaghilev. With Jean Börlin as chief choreographer, the company created twenty-four ballets in collaboration with prominent modern artists and composers, including Fernand LĂ©ger, Giorgio de Chirico, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, and Cole Porter. When first launched, the troupe performed ballets in a style similar to the Ballets Russes, but de MarĂ©âs interest in the visual arts and the vibrancy of modern, contemporary life resulted in a greater emphasis on abstraction and popular idioms in both the design and choreography of Ballets SuĂ©dois productions
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