Dance Posters Index
Ballet
Ballet Movies
Dances
Ballroom
Folk / Ethnic
Native American Dance
Dance in Art
Musicals
Notable Dancers List
Choreographers List
Composers List




DANCE CALENDARS

Ballet Calendars
Ballet
Calendars


Dance Calendars
Dance
Calendars




BOOKS ABOUT BALLET

Ballet for Dummies
Ballet for Dummies


Ballet Class Coloring Book
Ballet Class Coloring Book


101 Stories of the Great Ballets
101 Stories
of the
Great Ballets


Ballet Book
Ballet Book: Learning and Appreciating the Secrets
of Dance


New York City Ballet Workout
The New York City Ballet Workout
DVD


Ballet 101 VHS
Ballet 101,
A Beginner's Class
VHS


Swan Lake
Swan Lake
Kirov Ballet
VHS


Creative Movement
Creative Movement:
A Step Towards Intelligence
VHS


Center Stage, DVD
Center Stage, DVD




Teacher's Best - The Creative Process


Famous Ballets “E...-L...-”
for performance, language & visual arts, music, social studies, classrooms, home schoolers.


music > dance > ballet | famous ballets a-d | E-L | m-o | p | q-r | s | t-z < ballet dancers < dancers list < social studies


La Fille mal Gardee
Firebird
Giselle

Harlequinade
Les Indes Galantes
Jewels

L'éventail de Jeanne
Little Humpbacked Horse


"La Fille Mal Gardee" Danced by the Royal Ballet around a Maypole, Photographic Print
“La Fille Mal Gardee” Danced by the Royal Ballet around a Maypole,
Photographic Print

La Fille mal Gardee, or The Wayward Daughter, is a two act comic ballet pastiche, or collection of popular music, choreographed by Jean Dauberval. It was inspired by a painting by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin and first staged in 1789.

The story is that the Widow Simone wants Lise to marry the rich but silly Alain, and not Lise's lover, Colas. The End? love conquers all.


The Firebird, Masterprint
The Firebird,
Masterprint

The Firebird, a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Michel Fokine, is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor.

The Firebird was the first production of Sergei Daghilev's Ballets Russes, and Tamara Karsavina danced the title role.

The story theme is the “hero's journey” ...


Ballerina Thamara Karsavina Posing in Costume for the Ballet "Giselle", Act I, Photographic Print
Ballerina Tamara Karsavina,
Ballet "Giselle", Act I,
Photographic Print

Giselle, a ballet in two acts set in the Middle Ages, tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose heart is literally broken and dies young. Her ghost then arises to protect her lover from a group of evil female spirits, the Wilis, who seek to avenge Giselle's death by dancing young men into their own grave.

First staged in 1841, Giselle was inspired by the work of Romantic poet Heinrich Heine, with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier. The music was written by Adolphe Adam and original choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Carlotta Grisi danced the original title role. The later choreography is from the revivals of Marius Pepita for the Imperial Russian Ballet.

FYI - The wild dancing of the Wilis can be traced by to the disease called Saint Vitus' Dance (Sydenham's chorea) where uncontrolled jerking movements affect primary young women. Saint Vitus is the patron saint of dance.


New York City Ballet Company Stars Edward Villella and Patricia Mcbride Performing "Harlequinade", Photographic Print
New York City Ballet Company Stars Edward Villella and Patricia Mcbride Performing "Harlequinade" (1965),
Photographic Print

Harlequinade (AKA Les Millions d'Arlequin), a ballet in two acts with libretto and choreography by Marius Pepita and music by Riccardo Drigo, was created for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1900.


Indian Woman Costume for the Opera Ballet "Les Indes Galantes" by Jean-Philippe Rameau circa 1735, Giclee Print
Indian Woman Costume for the Opera Ballet "Les Indes Galantes" by Jean-Philippe Rameau circa 1735, Giclee Print

Les Indes Galantes (The Gallant Indies), an opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau, was first staged in 1735 and the last complete performance in 1761 with periodic revivals.


Jaques D'Amboise Dancing "Diamonds" Sequence with Suzanne Farrell, Balanchine's Ballet "The Jewels", Photographic Print
Jaques D'Amboise Dancing "Diamonds" Sequence with Suzanne Farrell, Balanchine's Ballet "The Jewels",
Photographic Print

Jewels, which premiered in 1967, is considered the first full-length abstract ballet. It was created by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet.

With dancers costumed as jewels, the three acts feature different composers: Emerald, Gabriel Faure; Rubies, Igor Stravinsky; Diamonds, Tchaikovsky.


L'Éventail de Jeanne, Audio CD
L'Éventail de Jeanne,
Audio CD

L'éventail de Jeanne, or Jean's Fan, is a children's ballet choreographed in 1927, with music by ten friends of Parisian hostess and art patroness Jeanne Dubost. The children in her ballet school were the performers.

The composers included Maurice Ravel and Florent Schmitt.


The Little Humpbacked Horse / Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Bolshoi Ballet (1962), DVD
The Little Humpbacked Horse / Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Bolshoi Ballet (1962), DVD

The Little Humpbacked Horse ballet was first staged in 1864. It has been revived numerous times.

Based on a fairy tale by Pyotr Yeshov, the little horse helps Ivan, the peasant's son, meet all the unreasonable demands of the Tsar, capture the magic firebird, and marry the princess.


previous page | top | next
famous ballets a-d | E-L | m-o | p | q-r | s | t-z


I have searched the web for visual, text, and manipulative curriculum support materials - teaching posters, art prints, maps, charts, calendars, books and educational toys featuring famous people, places and events - to help teachers optimize their valuable time and budget.

Browsing the subject areas at NetPosterWorks.com is a learning experience where educators can plan context rich environments while comparing prices, special discounts, framing options and shipping from educational resources.

Thank you for starting your search for inspirational, motivational, and educational posters and learning materials at NetPosterWorks.com. If you need help please contact us.


NPW home | Global PathMarker Collection | APWTW Blog | faqs-about | contact | search | privacy
links for learning & curriculum ideas | bookshelves | toybox | media | ecards | quotes

NetPosterWorks.com ©2007-2015 The Creative Process, LLC All Rights Reserved.

last updated 11/24/13