The author wishes to express grateful thanks to the Directors of Hamlyn: Nicoletta Santoro, Alessandra Alberti and Elisa Corsini, accompanying pianist Maria Korableva, and to Pier Paolo Gobbo, Director of Almadanza. ‘It is the mission of art in general, and the theatre in particular, to intensify thought, elevate the mind and vivify the senses.’ …
Trascrizione italiana di Katharine Kanter, correzione di bozze di Guido Donati Link al documentario su YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZGT4g7FHSvA?si=DxcWJ8w7DwiXP3Ej (Voce fuori campo registrata il 17 dicembre 2017 ai British Grove Studios, Londra) 0:03 Questo film è diretto da Julie Cronshaw, insegnante di danza classica ed ex ballerina professionista che si è diplomata al corso di formazione per…
The consequences of false positions are fatal. Simplicity in any style demands the greatest perfection. Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), Lettres sur la danse et les ballets What are Cecchetti’s Eight Directions of the Body? And why should they be studied? First, a “declaration of interest”. The author is Cecchetti-trained and teaches Cecchetti…
Ballet’s Secret Code, a documentary on YouTube The French transcript: Les Jours de la Semaine d’Enrico Cecchetti https://youtu.be/ZGT4g7FHSvA?si=DxcWJ8w7DwiXP3Ej 00:03 Documentaire tourné sous la direction artistique de Julie Cronshaw, professeur de danse classique, ex-danseuse professionnelle, diplômée du Royal Ballet School Teacher’s Training Course (1986). 00:11 “Fair Use” Le présent contenu est protégé par…
I fell back in love with Cecchetti. As a very young boy, my aunt had a Tretchikoff print of the Dying Swan in her living room. I used to stare and stare at it. Not knowing what ballet was yet. But I fell in love with ballet already. When I went to primary school…
The Ballets Russes arrive in London, 1918 Towards the end of the Great War in 1918, a group of exhausted, near-starving and war-weary dancers of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes arrived in London for a series of performances at the Coliseum. How fortunate would this turn out to be for English dancers and audiences over the next…
The Art of Painting also known as The Allegory of Painting by Johannes Vermeer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Defining the Words Science and Art and their Etymology Let’s begin by clarifying the words ‘Science’ and ‘Arts’ in the way that they are currently used, at least here in the Western world. The word science derives…
The study of Grand Adagio in Cecchetti reveals a mastermind at work. His adages are both a bravura ‘slow motion’ display of virtuosic theatrical technique and a revelation as to how the dance, as a manifestation of universal principles, can convey the most powerful emotion. A dancer unfamiliar with the Maestro’s work will discover new and…
Renverser and Fouetter: To ‘Tip-Up’ and ‘To Whip’ …and where one can find them in the Cecchetti Method Cecchetti’s choreographic invention appears boundless when it comes to the inclusion of renversés and fouettés. They are used extensively in different forms in both grand adagio, pirouettes and allegro studies and include renversés both en- dehors and en-dedans, and myriad…
