Daphnis and Chloe
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Michel Fokine, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, created the ballet Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9 in 1912 for Serge Diaghilev\u2019s Ballets Russes. This ballet is based on the ancient Greek legend of Daphnis and Chloe. Fokine aimed for greater dramatic expression in ballet, moving away from purely decorative movement and conventional mime towards more natural gestures that illuminated the theme and character. He experimented with angular movements reminiscent of archaic Greece for Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9. The music for the ballet was composed by Maurice Ravel, who described it as a choreographic poem.1234
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…the French composer Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (1912), which the composer defined as a “poème choréographique,” and The Three-cornered Hat (1919) by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Distinctive original scores for ballet continued usually to be the outcome of specific commissions. Composers do not yet normally think in…
Read More…the French composer Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (1912), which the composer defined as a “poème choréographique,” and The Three-cornered Hat (1919) by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Distinctive original scores for ballet continued usually to be the outcome of specific commissions. Composers do not yet normally think in…
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danceDrama in Western theatre dance…Daphnis et Chloé (1912; “Daphnis and Chloé”), developed individual styles for different characters (such as the jerky wooden movements of the puppet Petrushka), and brought mime much closer to natural gesture than the symbolic code previously used. This naturalism still characterizes ballet; the expressive qualities of dance movement and…
Read More…Daphnis et Chloé (1912; “Daphnis and Chloé”), developed individual styles for different characters (such as the jerky wooden movements of the puppet Petrushka), and brought mime much closer to natural gesture than the symbolic code previously used. This naturalism still characterizes ballet; the expressive qualities of dance movement and…
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