Parisian music-hall ballet, 1871-1913 / Sarah Gutsche-Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutsche-Miller, Sarah, 1977- author.

Series:

Eastman studies in music ; v. 123.

Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; v. 123

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballet--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Ballet.

Ballet--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Ballets--France--Paris--History and criticism--19th century.

Ballets.

Ballets--France--Paris--History and criticism--20th century.

History.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 373 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2015.

Summary:

This pioneering study of Parisian music-hall ballet brings to light a vibrant dance culture that was central to the renewal of French ballet at the turn of the twentieth century. Long thought a lost period for ballet in France, the fin de siècle in fact saw a flourishing of choreographic activity. More than four hundred ballets were created to great acclaim, half of which were full-scale pantomime-ballets, with entertaining narratives, catchy music, titillating choreography, lavish sets and costumes, attractive corps girls, and star ballerinas. Most of these productions were staged not at the elite Paris Opéra but in the city's trendiest commercial venues: music halls. Between 1871 and 1913, the Folies-Bergère, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris brought together the era's leading authors of light theater and comic opera to produce a flurry of imaginative ballets that combined the conventional structures of high art with the popular idioms of mass entertainment. They also drew unprecedented numbers of people who had never before attended ballet. Parisian Music-Hall Ballet, 1871-1913 rediscovers this repertoire and culture, supplying a missing chapter in the history of French dance. Book jacket.

Contents:

The venues and the shows

Music halls for tout-Paris

Creative artists : authors, composers, and choreographers

The ballet-divertissement

Real pantomime-ballets : the choreographic conventions of 1890s music-hall ballet

Music as storyteller : the musical conventions of 1890s music-hall ballet

As pleasing to the ear as to the eye : a popular musical style

The stories of music-hall ballet : romance, flirtations, and other pleasures

A delight to behold : glitter, glamour, and girls.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781580464420

1580464424

OCLC:

898051663