Ballet

Ballet /ˈbæleɪ/ (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Becoming a ballet dancer requires years of training. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art.

Ballet may also refer to a ballet dance work, which consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production. A well-known example of this is The Nutcracker, a two-act ballet that was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a music score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained artists. Many classical ballets are performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, though there are exceptions to this. Most notably, American choreographer George Balanchine is known for his plotless neoclassical ballets which are often performed in simple leotards and tights without scenery.

Pas de deux

In ballet, a pas de deux [pɑ d(ə) dø] (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together. The pas de deux is characteristic of classical ballet and can be found in many well-known ballets, including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle. It is most often performed by a male and a female (a danseur and a ballerina) though there are exceptions, such as in the film White Nights, in which a pas de deux is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines.

Grand pas de deux

A grand pas de deux is a structured pas de deux that typically has five parts, consisting of an entrée (introduction), an adagio, two variations (a solo for each dancer), and a coda (conclusion). It is effectively a suite of dances that share a common theme, often symbolic of a love story or the partnership inherent in love, with the dancers portraying expressions of affectionate feelings and thoughts between romantic partners. It is often considered to be the pièce de résistance and bravura highlight of a ballet and is usually performed by a leading pair of principal dancers.

Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet

The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Established in 1738 during the reign of Empress Anna, the academy was known as the Imperial Ballet School up until Soviet times, when, after a brief hiatus, the school was re-established as the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute. In 1957, the school was renamed in honor of the renowned pedagogue Agrippina Vaganova, who cultivated the method of classical ballet training that has been taught there since the late 1920s. Graduates of the school include some of the most famous ballet dancers, choreographers and teachers in history and many of the world's leading ballet schools have adopted elements of the Vaganova method into their own training.

The Vaganova Academy is the associate school of the Mariinsky Ballet, one of the world's leading ballet companies. Students of the school have found employment with ballet and contemporary companies worldwide, such as the Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and the Mikhailovsky Ballet.

Hollywood accounting

Hollywood accounting (also known as Hollywood bookkeeping) refers to the opaque or creative accounting methods used by the film, video, and television industry to budget and record profits for film projects. Expenditures can be inflated to reduce or eliminate the reported profit of the project, thereby reducing the amount which the corporation must pay in royalties or other profit-sharing agreements, as these are based on the net profit.

Hollywood accounting gets its name from its prevalence in the entertainment industry—that is, in the movie studios of Hollywood at a time when most studios were located in Hollywood. Those affected can range from the writers to the actors.

Practices

Hollywood accounting can take several forms. In one form, a subsidiary is formed to perform a given activity and the parent entity will extract money out of the subsidiary not in terms of profits but in the form of charges for certain "services". The specific schemes can range from the simple and obvious to the extremely complex.

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya; French: Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.

Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.

Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, in particular the pieces featured in the suite. Among other things, the score is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic ballad The Voyevoda.

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'Ballet' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Peer Gynt (2009)

Actors: Andy Sommer (director), Heinz Spoerli (miscellaneous crew), Philipp Schepmann (actor), Corentin Leconte (editor), Zürcher Ballett (actor), Christiane Kohl (actress), Juliette Brunner (actress), Julie Gardette (actress), Yen Han (actress), Ana Carolina Quaresma (actress), Marijn Rademaker (actor), Vahe Martirosyan (actor), Sarah-Jane Brodbeck (actress), Arman Grigoryan (actor),

Plot: A dramatic, energetic adaptation of Heinz Spoerli's ballet based on Grieg's Peer Gynt by the Zurich ballet. Marijn Rademaker is excellent as the title character, clearly telegraphing the emotional range required. Each of the characters and the dramatic scenes are supported by the orchestral passages and songs provided by Grieg; some spoken word passages extracted from the Ibsen play.

Genres: Music,

Carmen (2004)

Actors: Ludovic Halévy (writer), Henri Meilhac (writer), Prosper Mérimée (writer), François Duplat (producer), Jérôme Savary (actor), Jérôme Savary (miscellaneous crew), Roberto Alagna (actor), Michel Dussarat (costume designer), Ludovic Tézier (actor), Eric Vu-An (miscellaneous crew), Béatrice Uria-Monzon (actress), Norah Amsellem (actress), Nicolas Cavallier (actor), Olivier Podesta (miscellaneous crew), Gilles Ragon (actor),

Genres: Drama, Music,

El exilio de Gardel: Tangos (1985)

Actors: Astor Piazzolla (composer), Fernando E. Solanas (producer), Fernando E. Solanas (writer), Georges Wilson (actor), Philippe Léotard (actor), Marina Vlady (actress), Marie Laforêt (actress), Ana María Picchio (actress), Lautaro Murúa (actor), Miguel Ángel Solá (actor), Claude Melki (actor), Michel Etcheverry (actor), Héctor Malamud (actor), Luis César D'Angiolillo (editor), Fernando E. Solanas (director),

Plot: In the sorrow of exile, a group of Argentinians in Paris seek solace and connection to their culture by staging a set of tangos. The film alternates between their vibrant rehearsals and their circumscribed lives in low-rent apartments, underemployed, fitfully communicating with families back home, trying to make do with what they hope are only temporary arrangements in a foreign land.

Keywords: dance, dancer, exile, paris-france, tango, traveling-company
Genres: Drama, Musical,

Boem-Boem (1982)

Actors: André van Duin (actor), André van Duin (actor), André van Duin (actor), André van Duin (actor), André van Duin (actor), André van Duin (actor), Joop van den Ende (producer), Frans Van Dusschoten (actor), Frans Van Dusschoten (actor), Frans Van Dusschoten (actor), Frans Van Dusschoten (actor), Frans Van Dusschoten (actor), Ruud Bos (composer), Paul van Gorcum (actor), Jaap Stobbe (actor),

Genres: Musical,

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Ton Lensink (actor), Coen Flink (actor), Sam Spewack (writer), Joost Prinsen (actor), Maxim Hamel (actor), Bella Spewack (writer), Allard van der Scheer (actor), Guus Oster (director), Wim Van Der Grijn (actor), Willeke Alberti (actress), Hans Boskamp (actor), Hetty Verhoogt (actress), Donald Jones (actor), Nico Knapper (director),

Genres: Musical,

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Genres: Musical,

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Genres: Musical,

Destino de un capricho (1972)

Actors: Abel Santacruz (writer), Rosalino Caterbeti (editor), Julio Saraceni (writer), Abel Santacruz (writer), Guillermo Battaglia (actor), Leo Fleider (director), Walter Kliche (actor), Alberto Fernández de Rosa (actor), Emilio Spitz (producer), Cristina Alberó (actress), Virginia Romay (actress), Esteban Serrador (actor), Herminia Franco (actress), Sandro (actor), Eva Franco (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical,

Tessa (1968)

Actors: Jean Kerchbron (director), Jean Guélis (actor), Franck Pourcel (actor), Tessa Beaumont (actress),

Genres: Music,

Cette sacrée gamine (1956)

Actors: Jean Poiret (actor), Lucien Raimbourg (actor), Marcel Charvey (actor), Jean Berton (actor), Jacques Marin (actor), Charles Bayard (actor), Mischa Auer (actor), Darry Cowl (actor), Max Dalban (actor), Mario David (actor), Joé Davray (actor), Guy Henry (actor), Raymond Bussières (actor), Jean Lefebvre (actor), Robert Rollis (actor),

Plot: Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery has just become engaged to Lili, his attractive psychoanalyst. Meanwhile, the nightclub where he works is being used by a counterfeit ring, and Paris police suspect owner Paul Latour of being the ringleader. Finding it expedient to leave town, Paul leaves his "baby" daughter with Jean...who discovers too late that she's a wild, carefree, shapely sex-kitten with a talent for getting Jean into amusing scrapes.

Keywords: butler, dance, dream, farce, fiancee, kneed-in-the-groin, parrot, pigalle, police
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,
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Ballet

Under this dead and faded sun
Forzen
I disappear and turn to stone
Wake me now
Like a secret mission inside my brain
Falling underneath
The sign of contortion
Bleeding little creatures
dancing on my head
Singing songs of the beautiful dead
Now I slowly drive my poem
Into her corrupted thoughts
The only future she knows
Strapped by the unchangeable rage
Could hart's secret beauty
I call unto you
I try so hard not to laugh
As I lay my arms around her
I always knew it would be
A dance of demise and forever amity
Disgusted faces in my mirror
Telling me to stab my own soul
I turn to watch the body behind me
But I notice she's already gone
Let me see your dead lands
I call unto your light
This light is blinds me
Still I climb higher than this
To feed the dark
It rips me open
It blinds me
Back from the journey outside
I need the walls to protect me
And as a goddess enters my pride
I'll give her what she wants.....
Underthis dead and faded sun
Frozen
I disappear and turn to stone
Wake me now

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Al-Qaeda storms three Yemen towns days after botched US raid that killed up to 30 civilians

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Fukushima radiation levels at highest level since 2011 meltdown

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Sweden's Deputy PM Criticizes Trump While Signing New Carbon Emissions Law

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Joffrey and Lyric to collaborate on Gluck’s ‘Orphee’

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Chicago’s winter dance card is full on every count

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'Ballet' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Peer Gynt (2009)

Carmen (2004)

El exilio de Gardel: Tangos (1985)

Boem-Boem (1982)

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Kiss Me Kate (1975)

Destino de un capricho (1972)

Tessa (1968)

Cette sacrée gamine (1956)

Ballet Auditions Day 1 | JOFFREY ELITE

Ballet Auditions- Day 2 | JOFFREY ELITE

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet

Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Ballet in two acts (HD 1080p)

10 Ballet Myths BUSTED | Kathryn Morgan

Bodybuilders Try Ballet For The First Time

One Ballet Student’s Sacrifice for Her Dreams | Ep 1, Strictly Ballet 2

Vaganova Ballet Academy. Exercises on pointe, Classical Dance Exam. Girls, 4th class. 2015

Fairies Variations - The Sleeping Beauty - Paris Opéra Ballet - 2013

Vaganova Ballet Academy. Stretching and flexibility exercises.

Ballet Auditions Day 1 | JOFFREY ELITE

Ballet Auditions- Day 2 | JOFFREY ELITE

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet

Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Ballet in two acts (HD 1080p)

10 Ballet Myths BUSTED | Kathryn Morgan

Bodybuilders Try Ballet For The First Time

One Ballet Student’s Sacrifice for Her Dreams | Ep 1, Strictly Ballet 2

Vaganova Ballet Academy. Exercises on pointe, Classical Dance Exam. Girls, 4th class. 2015

Fairies Variations - The Sleeping Beauty - Paris Opéra Ballet - 2013

Vaganova Ballet Academy. Stretching and flexibility exercises.

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