Russian Ballet

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Simone BaronDobro Slovo Russian Ballet Mariinsky Ballet/Kirov Ballet (1740s) in St. PetersburgVaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. P (1738) by Empress Anna Bolshoi Ballet (1773) in Moscowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQZME7Us_DEPre-Soviet (Imperial) Ballet

Father of Classical Ballet originally from FranceWorked with the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre: Revised ballets for future generations (ie: Swan Lake, Giselle)Rose with dancers such as Anna ParlovaBrought first real wave of fame to Russian balletClassicism integrated with purity of French and Italian virtuosityMarius Petipa

Started at the Vaganova Ballet AcademyDebuted at Mariinsky Ballet, Petipas PaquitaStereotypical ballet traditions (Virtuoso ballet) were outdated No more miming, outdated costumesPointe shoes, arm/torso experimentationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpUMichel Fokine

Truly repressed: the Soviet Regime closed down or renamed many of the theaters and academiesExample: Bright Stream (Shostakovich; Lopukhov 1935)How this affected composers, choreographers, ballerinasBolshoi became a state-subsidized company just like the renamed Kirov.Soviet Ballet

Took the art out, rather used for propaganda Similar to other forms of art (ex: architecture)Stalin in the eyes of the artsThe proletariat needs ornament, decoration, adornment.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VhQLld8oSs

Soviet Ballet

Stalins favorite ballerinaOne of the most revered dancers of the BolshoiAlways danced for the Red ArmyKnown as and elected as a member of the Communist PartyAll aspects of Soviet artistic culture integrated into the Soviet regime

Olga Lepishinskaya

Globalized integration of choreography and techniqueNow, American and Russian ballerinas can explore each others methods of dance without the restrictions of governmentThe art form is independent of political influencePost-Soviet (Russian) Ballet

While still in Russia, most celebrated dancer worldwideWhile in Canada, request political asylum, never to return to USSRMoved to United States in 1974Worked with Balanchine in New York City BalletArtistic director of American Ballet Theater (1980)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8__iRsxG_A Mikhail Baryshnikov

1934: Arrived in the United StatesNew York City School of American Ballet SerenadeHis company (American Ballet, became the house company for the Met)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nRmRTBaypo

George Balanchine

http://www.yonkershistory.org/fokine.htmlhttp://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/petipa_m.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/arts/dance/22lepeshinskaya.htmlhttp://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675037970_Stalin_Ballet_watching-a-performance_dignitaries-arrivehttp://www.unz.org/Pub/LiteraryDigest-1932dec17-00014Bibliography