

Ballet for Children (4 DVD) - Royal Ballet
Price: $70.00 Members: $63.00
Item: 809478010968
Description
Ballet for Children (4 DVD) - Royal Ballet
DVD Release Date: November 13, 2012
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Label: Opus Arte
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Region: All Regions
This ballet collection brings together four jewels of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight and captivate young viewers: Alices’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, and Tales of Beatrix Potter.
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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