What does La Fille Mal Gardee mean in English?
The Wayward Daughter
La Fille mal gardée (English: The Wayward Daughter, literal translation: “The Poorly Guarded Girl” and also known as The Girl Who Needed Watching) is a comic ballet presented in two acts, inspired by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin’s 1765 painting, La réprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère.
Who choreographed La Fille Mal Gardee?
Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer’s most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the daughter of Widow Simone, and Colas, a young farmer.
What is the theme of La Fille Mal Gardee?
About the Ballet In many ways the themes of La Fille mal gardée mirror the ideologies driving the French Revolution, particularly the ideas of the political philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), who championed egalitarian liberation (or individual sovereignty) against the oppressive French monarchy.
Who composed the clog dance?
Clog Dance (from the Ballet La fille mal gardée) Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold / Arr. Jos Dobbelstein. Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet.
What kind of dance is clogging?
folk dance
Clogging is a type of folk dance practiced in the United States, in which the dancer’s footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm.
Which ballet is the clog dance from?
La fille mal gardée
The Clog Dance, featured in the ballet La fille mal gardée by Ferdinand Hérold.
What happens at the end of Giselle?
In disbelief Giselle breaks the two apart and declares her love for Albrecht. Bathilde announces that she is betrothed to Albrecht. Giselle falls into a state of despair. Her emotional condition descends until a fit of madness causes her weak heart to stop beating and she dies.
Who was the original choreographer of Giselle?
Jean Coralli
Giselle
Giselle, or The Wilis | |
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Native title | Giselle, ou les Wilis |
Choreographer | Jean Coralli Jules Perrot |
Music | Adolphe Adam |
Libretto | Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Théophile Gautier |