Great Ballets 2
Ms. Tomalonis
Course Syllabus 2008-2009
Course materials:
Readings from “The Faber Pocket Guide to Ballet” by Luke Jennings (critic) and Deborah Bull (former ballerina)
Films and videos (shown in class)
Handouts from instructor (background material about the ballets and choreographers).
9/10
Ballet Russe. Fokine: Chopiniana, The Firebird
Preparation: read pp. 62-64, 67-69, 69-72
9/17
Ballet Russe. Fokine: Le Spectre de la Rose, Dying Swan, Petrouchka, excerpts from Scheherezade
Preparation: read pp. 72-74; 74-76; 65-67; 76-77
9/24
Quiz. Ballet Russe. Avant garde, Nijinsky and Nijinska: Le Sacre de Printemps, Les Noces, Picasso/Massine clip
Preparation: read pp. 79-85; 86-91
10/01
Ballet Russe. Balanchine: Apollo, Prodigal Son; film on Diaghilev
Preparation: read pp. 93-98
10/08 Quiz. Introduction to Modern Dance. Trailblazers of Modern Dance, Errand into the Maze (Martha Graham), The Moor’s Pavane (Jose Limon)
Preparation: read handouts
10/15
PSATS
10/22
Essay. Ballet in the 30s. Soir de Fete, Lilac Garden, Billy the Kid
Preparation: read pp. 131-134; handouts
10/29
ABT in the ‘40s. Theme and Variations, Dark Elegies, Fancy Free
Preparation: read pp. pp. 134-135; handouts
11/05
Quiz. Balanchine in the ‘40s. Serenade/Concerto Barocco/Four Temperaments
Preparation: read pp. 101-105; 107-109
11/12
Ballet Russe: La Sonnambula, Symphonie Fantastique
Preparation: read handouts
11/19
Roland Petit: Carmen/Le Jeune Homme et la Mort/L’Arlsienne
Preparation: read handouts
11/26 THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/3
Russia in the 1940s: Fountain of Baksischirai/Flames of Paris/Romeo and Juliet highlights
Preparation: read pp. 200-204; handouts
12/10
Quiz. England: Les Patineurs/The Rake’s Progress/Symphonic Variations
Preparation: read pp. 139-141; handouts
1/14
Modern dance midcentury: Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham
Preparation: read handouts
1/21
Balanchine in the 50 and 60s: Divertimento No. 15, Agon, Stars and Stripes finale, Who Cares?
Preparation: read pp. 109-113; 119-120; handouts
1/28
Ashton in the 50s and 60s: The Dream, Monotones, Marguerite and Armand
Preparation: read pp. 158-159; 153-155; 155-157
2/4
La Fille Mal Gardee
Preparation: read pp. 149-153
2/11
Soviet Ballet, Grigorovich. Excerpts: Spartacus/Golden Age/Ivan the Terrible
Preparation: read pp. 210-212; 207-210
2/18
Maurice Béjart, selections
Preparation: read handout
2/25
Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet
Preparation: read pp. 177-181
3/4
Finish Romeo and Juliet; excerpts from Ashton’s Sylvia
Preparation: read handout
3/11
Ashton: Sylvia
3/17
BALLET EXAMS
3/24-28
SPRING BREAK
4/1
Later Balanchine: Excerpts from Chaconne, Ballo della Regina / Mozartiana
Preparation: read handouts
4/8
Hans Van Manen. Adagio Hammerklavier, Black Cake
Preparation: read handouts
4/15
Jiri Kylian: Bella Figura, Petit Mort
Preparation: read handouts
4/22
John Neumeier: Sylvia
Preparation: read handout
4/29
selections from William Forsythe, contemporary choreographers; Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove
Preparation: read pp.
5/6
Bright Stream (Ratmansky)
Preparation: read handout
5/12 through 18 FINAL EXAMS
5/18 through 24 REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCE
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