The great leap from earth to heaven: The evolution of ballet and costume in England and France in the eighteenth century

The evolution of classical ballet from its accepted origins as one method of displaying status and aristocratic power in Renaissance Italy to its Romantic form, featuring professional ballerinas in white costumes dancing en pointe, took place largely during the long eighteenth century. This article discusses this transformation from the dual perspectives of choreography and costume by using the premise that these two vital elements in the presentation of ballet were co-dependent, each prompting the other to develop and evolve. Concentrating on Paris and London, it examines the relationship between court dress, fashion and theatre costume, and how this affected both the choreography and the style of dance throughout the long eighteenth century. © The Costume Society 2016

Iphigenia in Tauris : ein tragisches Ballet ; Aufgeführt auf den kaiserlich-königlichen Schaubühnen zu Wien, 1772

vom Herrn NoverreAutopsie nach Ex. der ULB DüsseldorfVorlageform der Veröffentlichungsangabe: Gedruckt mit Ghelenschen Schriften. Zu finden beim Logenmeister.In Fraktu

Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets

Noverre, Jean George (1727-1810) À Stutgard, et se vend à Lyon,: Chez Aime Delaroche, Imprimeur-Libraire du Governement & de la Ville, aux Halles de la Grennette. 1760 ML3460 A2 N94 1760 With Lettres, a history of dance, Georges Noverre attempted to reform eighteenth-century theatrical dance. Noverre suggested changes in stage costume, emphasized the value of good music, insisted that ballets be designed to express a specific theme and proposed the restoration and development of the art of mime. Noverre produced ballets not only in Paris (where his most illustrious pupil was Marie Antoinette), but also in Potsdam, London, Stuttgart, Lyons, Vienna, and Milan

Médée, ballet tragi-pantomime , de l'invention & de la composition de M. Noverre,...

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Les Petits Riens. Ballet de Mr Noverre 1778

Titre uniforme : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). Compositeur. [Les petits riens. KV 299b][Les danses nos 1 à 6 ne sont pas de Mozart ; la gigue n° 20 n'est pas reproduite dans la grande Edition Breitkopf

Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets / J. G. Noverre ; précédées d'une vie de l'auteur, par André Levinson,...

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