Ballet 101 Miniseries: A Fairytale in Dance, Episode 1: Story Ballets
Kinetic Conversations with the Fort Wayne Ballet
English - March 03, 2023 05:56 - 11 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Education ballet dance fort wayne ballet choreography choreographer gerald arpino joffery ballet american ballet theatre nutcracker swan lake Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: S5E1: Dracula: Music of Love and Terror
This three-episode miniseries discusses the components of romantic and classical era story ballets, examining their history and the evolution their choreography, their structure, and audiences’ expectations, with a special look at our upcoming production of Swan Lake. The series will drop on consecutive Fridays in March. Series is hosted by Jim Sparrow and Karen Gibbons-Brown. This episode debuts new theme music by John Dawkins.
Episode 1: The Story Ballet
In our first episode, we look at the history of story ballets, from the supernatural tragedies of Giselle and Swan Lake to the playful dreamlands of Nutcracker. How did dancers’ roles evolve over time, and how did audience demands reshaped the expectations of the story.