Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 1999/08

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Form of Ballet
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:33:30 -0400

Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu schrieb:

> Both Bill Haussmand and Ed Lacy correctly point out that contemporary
> dancing can show examples of geometric patterns in ballet forms. Both
> Busby Berkeley and the June Taylor dancers are very similar, particularly
> with respect to the fact that the view of the dancers had to be shown
> from above to achieve the desired effect.
>
> The technical paper I heard in Ireland described a much simpler
> situation. The dancers would walk out and immediately go into some sort
> of formation which was held for 5 minutes and then they walked off. The
> analogy to contempory forms would be more apt to "tableau vivant" where
> some picture or historical event is formed with live persons, and then the
> curtain is opened and the actors must remain absolutely still for 15
> minutes. Often nudes are employed, too. Must be difficult standing there
> with all elements of one's body blowing in the wind.
>
> In any event I thank Bill and Ed for pointing out the contemporary analogies
> to the peculiar 18-th century French ballet form which did not, in any
> case last very long.
>
> =======================================
> Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
> leeson@-----.edu
> =======================================
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A year or two back at the Vienna Phil's New Years Concert, there were a
few
numbers where ballet was shown on TV. One of the numbers showed the
ballet
dancers from above (reminded me of Jacky Gleason). (Uncouth? Sorry, but
it
really did.....)

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.de

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