Romantic and Classic Ballet: 1800-1900

By Baylie
  • Pointe

    Genvieve Gosselin, Amalia Brugnoli and Avdotia Istomina danced on pointe without the aid of wires
  • Period: to

    Peak of Romantic Ballet

  • Robert Le Diable

    Youtube Choreogrphed by Filippo Taglioni,
    Setting was in a grave yard "Ballet of the Nuns"
    Danced by Marie Taglioni at Paris Opera
    Began Romanticism Ballet
  • Revolt in the Harem

    Choreo by Taglioni
    about the emancipation of women
  • Fanny Elssler

    Performed in Le Diable Boiteux labeled "pagan dancer"
  • La Sylphide

    YoutubeChoreo by Filippo Taglioni danced by Marie Taglioni
    Young scottsman James falls in love with a spirit of the air a Sylphide. He is tricked by a witch and when he tries to capture her with a shawl her wings burn off and she dies. They can never be together.
  • Carlo Blasis

    Appointed director of Royal Academy of dance at La Scala in Milan. Created Attitude position.
  • Giselle

    Youtube GiselleChoreographed by Jean Coralli in colaboration with Jules Perrot
    Performed by Carlotta Grisi
    Act One: Giselle falls in love with Albrecht who poses as a peasant but is royalty who is affianced. Giselle dies.
    Act two: Albrecht visits Giselle's grave and is forced to dance to death by Queen Myrtha of the willis. Giselles love stops him from dying but they can never be together.
  • Pas de Quatre

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    Benjamen Lumley
    included Taglioni, Cerrito,Grisi, and Crahn four great ballerinas dancing together. Pretty movement. the decline of romantic ballet
  • Coppelia

    youtube"Last great ballet" choreo by Arthur Saint-Leon
    included Hungarian folk dance
    score by Leo Delibes
    Comical plot performed by Giusepoina Bozzacchi
    Swanilda poses as Dr Coppelius doll whom her boyfriend loves however he finds out it was a doll after she plays a trick on him.
  • Don Quixote

    comedy by Petipa
  • Sleeping Beauty

    Choreo by Petipa musoc by Tchaikovosky
  • Swan Lake