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32-552: Cecchetti is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alberto Cecchetti (born 1944), politician of San Marino Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), Italian ballet dancer and theorist, creator of the Cecchetti method Silvia Cecchetti (born 1970), Italian singer References [ edit ] ^ it:Alberto Cecchetti ^ it:Silvia Cecchetti [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

64-454: A ballet technique that is now known as the Cecchetti method. This technique is popular with past and present ballet teachers, remaining fresh and contemporary. After Cecchetti's death, Cyril Beaumont, Stanislas Idzikowsky, Margaret Craske and Derra de Moroda decided to codify Cecchetti's method so it could continue to be used by ballet teachers to perfect the technique of ballet dancers. Under

96-654: A pioneer of Fauvism . Derain also designed the décor and costumes for the ballet. Ottorino Respighi wrote the music based on piano pieces by Gioachino Rossini . Its world premiere was at the Alhambra Theatre in London on 5 June 1919, performed by Sergei Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes . Massine described how, in Rome for a ballet season, Respighi brought the score of Rossini's Péchés de vieillesse to Diaghilev. The impresario played them to Massine and Respighi. Toulouse-Lautrec

128-422: A principal dancer for the theatre. With the introduction of the pointe shoe in the early 19th century, ballet was dominated by female performers using pointe technique . In many ways male technique had been reduced to the role of an actor whose responsibilities as a dancer were relegated to a servant who partnered the ballerina. Cecchetti immediately began transforming the traditionally conservative roles for

160-520: A traditional dance, followed by an animal act featuring two dancing poodles . Then the shop-keeper introduces his most sophisticated dancing dolls, a pair of can-can dancers, a flashly-dressed man and girl, come in and perform their routine. Their dance is so enchanting that the American family decides to buy the male doll while the Russian family buys the female dancing doll. The deals are made and paid for,

192-579: A triptych of high-spirited ballets with his Gaîté Parisienne and Le Beau Danube . The ballerina roles in all three ballets became indelibly associated with the elegant and witty interpretations of Alexandra Danilova . Massine mounted La Boutique fantasque for Ballet Theatre, later known as American Ballet Theatre , in 1942 and its American premiere took place at the Central High School Auditorium in Omaha , Nebraska, on 4 January 1943. Among

224-657: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Enrico Cecchetti After an esteemed career in Russia, originating such roles as both the Bluebird and Carabosse in Petipa's masterpiece, The Sleeping Beauty , he turned to teaching. Some of his students included other notable dancers of the Imperial Ballet , such as: Anna Pavlova , Léonide Massine , and Vaslav Nijinsky . While in London in 1920, he provided instruction to

256-856: The Ballets Russes in early January 1921, the ballet was revived in the following May at the Prince's Theatre in London and at the Gaîté-Lyrique in Paris in 1925 and on tour in Europe in the following years, and was on the bill of the final performance of Diaghilev's company in Vichy on 4 August 1929; the impresario died two weeks later in Venice. The enormous success of Colonel de Basil 's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in Europe and America prompted J.C. Williamson Management to arrange

288-523: The surname Cecchetti . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cecchetti&oldid=1111987821 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Surnames of Czech origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

320-489: The American ballerina Ruth Page and to Ninette de Valois . He also restaged many ballets, including Petipa's definitive version of Coppélia in 1894, from which nearly all modern versions of the work are based. (This version was notated in the early 20th century, and is today part of the Sergeyev Collection ). While teaching a class, Cecchetti collapsed and he died the following day, 13 November 1928. Changes to

352-671: The Cecchetti Method, dancers follow strict routines and daily exercises to develop all-around skills to support learning and performance of every kind of dance. Among his notable students there were: Anna Pavlova, Cia Fornaroli, Pierina Legnani , Léonide Massine , Attilia Radice , Vaslav Nijinsky , Tamara Karsavina , Dame Ninette de Valois , Dame Marie Rambert , Gisella Caccialanza , Vincenzo Celli , Luigi Albertieri, Dame Alicia Markova , Olga Preobrajenskaja , Matilda Kšesinskaja , Serge Lifar , George Balanchine , Ruth Page . As dancer and choreographer, he created and interpreted

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384-661: The Eunuch in the Scheherazade (1910) of Michel Fokine , Kostchei in The Firebird (1910), and the Magician in Petrushka . La Boutique fantasque La Boutique fantasque , also known as The Magic Toyshop or The Fantastic Toyshop , is a ballet in one act conceived by Léonide Massine , who devised the choreography for a libretto written with the artist André Derain ,

416-460: The ballet took shape it became clear that each musical number was "perfect of its kind" and that there was ample variety of tunes and related dances. The Rossini piano works used include Gherkins , Radishes , Butterflies , Themes in Variation , Almonds , Petit Caprice (Style Offenbach) , Tarantelle pur Sang , Castor Oil , Abortive polka , and La Danza . The music was a major contribution to

448-482: The can-can dancers are no longer there. The customers, not knowing about the secret life of the dolls, blame the shop owner and attack him and his assistant. In the ensuing fracas, the dolls come to the shopkeeper's rescue with the Cossack dolls attacking the customers with their bayonets. Driven out of the shop, the customers watch incredulously through the window as the happy dolls and the shopkeeper dance merrily inside with

480-440: The cast were Simon Semenoff (Shopkeeper), Nicolas Orloff (Shop Assistant), Muriel Bentley (English Old Maid), Antony Tudor (American Patron), Jerome Robbins (American Boy), Nora Kaye and Yurek Lazowsky (Tarantella Dancers), John Taras (Melon Hawker), André Eglevsky (Cossack Chief), Karen Conrad and John Kriza (Dancing Poodles), and Irina Baronova and Léonide Massine (Can-can Dancers). The Royal Ballet in London mounted

512-600: The choreography of the male variations featured in the works of the Imperial Ballet's repertory. In 1890, Cecchetti performed in the ground-breaking production of The Sleeping Beauty , where his performance as the Bluebird caused a sensation in the audience at the Mariinsky Theatre . The choreography of the Bluebird has challenged male dancers even to the present day. Cecchetti left the Imperial ballet in 1902 to accept

544-401: The company of Colonel de Basil in 1937, La Boutique fantasque was among the works involved in a copyright dispute. Following a legal ruling in 1937, de Basil was no longer allowed to perform pre-1932 works by Massine. The performance rights then reverted to the choreographer. Massine subsequently mounted the work for the re-formed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo some time in 1939, where it formed

576-583: The company's first tour to Australia and New Zealand. Thus, La Boutique fantasque was the first ballet by Léonide Massine to be performed in Australia. It had its Australian premiere at the Theatre Royal, Adelaide , during the opening night of the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo tour on 13 October 1936. Valentina Blinova and Leon Woizikowski were particularly celebrated as the can-can dancers. When Massine left

608-696: The directorship of the Imperial Ballet School in Warsaw , Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. His farewell gala at the Mariinsky Theatre featured all of the leading ballerinas of the day, many of whom were his students. In order to have everyone pay him homage, the Paquita Grand pas classique was performed, with the inclusion of the favorite solos of all of the participating ballerinas. This led to

640-448: The dolls are placed in separate boxes and collection is arranged for the next day. Darkness descends, but during the night, the dolls magically come to life and start dancing. They are upset that the two can-can dancers who are lovers are going to be separated, and a plot is hatched to hide them before the customers return in the morning. When the shop opens the next day and the customers come in to pick up their dolls, they discover that

672-405: The male dancer, making drastic changes to the choreography of the male variations featured in the works of the Imperial Ballet's repertory. In 1890, Cecchetti performed in the ground-breaking production of The Sleeping Beauty , where his performance as the Bluebird caused a sensation in the auditorium of the Mariinsky Theatre . The choreography of the Bluebird has challenged male dancers even to

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704-560: The method explained in the book Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse , published in 1820. So, too, the Cecchetti method has been passed on directly by his former pupils such as Laura Wilson. In 1925, Arturo Toscanini appointed Master Cecchetti as director of the La Scala theatre dancing school. Two years later, Cecchetti was deeply affected by the death of his wife and died in Milan on 13 November 1928. Cecchetti created

736-435: The participating ballerinas. This led to the tradition of including a long suite of variations for several ballerinas. In 1919 Cecchetti performed at the inaugural performance of the ballet La Boutique fantasque in London, appearing in the role of the shopkeeper. In the tradition of classical ballet, techniques and parts are taught directly, person to person. The technique was passed on directly to Enrico Cecchetti, as he

768-455: The present day. Cecchetti left the Imperial ballet in 1902 to accept the directorship of the Imperial Ballet School in Warsaw, Poland. His farewell gala at the Mariinsky Theatre featured all of the leading ballerinas of the day, many of whom were his students. In order to have everyone pay him homage, the Paquita Grand pas classique was performed with the inclusion of the favorite solos of all of

800-416: The prospective customers. At first the toys entertain two English ladies and an American family. Some dolls perform a tarantella for the guests, followed by other dolls dressed as playing cards who dance a mazurka . Then two dolls come in and perform another routine involving a snob and a melon vendor. New customers arrive, a Russian family, and everyone welcomes them. Five Cossack dolls enter and perform

832-418: The re-united can-can dancers. Among the large cast in the original production were: According to ballet historian Cyril Beaumont , the first night was packed with well-known artists and performers eagerly awaiting the new ballet. Picasso made a sketch of Massine and Lopukhova in their final pose. Paris saw La Boutique fantasque for the first time on Christmas Eve 1919. Despite Massine's dismissal from

864-551: The similarities to Hans Christian Andersen 's The Steadfast Tin Soldier . Massine's scenario centers on the love story between two can-can dancer dolls in a toyshop, incorporating elements of comedy , national folk dance and mime , as well as classical choreography. The ballet is set in France in 1860. A world-famous toymaker has created exquisite dancing dolls in his magic toyshop. The automata perform various dance routines for

896-472: The success of the ballet, whose score was well-orchestrated, kept Rossini's harmonies, and generally retained his phrasing unaltered while investing his melodies with a new breadth. The instrumentation is piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, side drum, xylophone, percussion, celesta, harp and strings. [REDACTED] Respighi's score soon took on an existence of its own in

928-482: The tradition of including a long suite of variations for several ballerinas. In 1919 Cecchetti performed at the inaugural performance of the ballet, La Boutique fantasque , in London, appearing in the role of the shopkeeper. In 1887 Cecchetti performed in St. Petersburg where Ivan Vsevolozhsky , the director of the Mariinsky Theatre saw him perform. He was so impressed with Cecchetti that he immediately hired Cecchetti as

960-460: The work in 1947 as part of the renewal of its repertoire for Covent Garden ; Massine was in charge of the production and danced his original role. In 1948, Danilova appeared alongside him. The Royal Ballet touring company revived the piece in Stratford in 1968 and it remained in their repertory for several years after, and Massine returned to coach the company for the 1978 run. Buckle notes that as

992-728: Was an influence on the period setting and style of La Boutique fantasque , and Massine envisaged the principal character "quite Lautrec -like". Diaghilev arranged for Massine to meet Derain in Paris, and they worked out the scenario with the artist's marionette theatre at his home on the rue Bonaparte. The date of the action was moved from 1832 to the 1860s. The story of the ballet has similarities to Die Puppenfee ("The Fairy Doll") of Josef Bayer , an old German ballet that had been performed by Jose Mendez in Moscow in 1897 and by Serge and Nicholas Legat in Saint Petersburg in 1903. Others note

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1024-507: Was taught by Giovanni Lepri in Florence , who in turn was taught by Carlo Blasis and the line can be traced back to Beauchamp the first ballet master at the court of Louis XIV. Cecchetti also studied with other two colleagues of his father: Cesare Coppini, who worked a La Scala of Milan, and Filippo Taglioni , father of the dancer Maria Taglioni . All of them had been students of Carlo Blasis, who taught at La Scala of Milan. There he applied

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