FLOSS Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) For those who may be interested there is a documentary about Petipa available on the french television channel Arte until the 29th December. It is called Marius Petpa le maitre francais du ballet russe. It is available in French and possibly German but as there is a lot of filmed dance the language should not be a problem. It includes Alban Lendorf dancing the original choreography for the Prince from act 3 Sleeping Beauty. Edited December 17, 2018 by FLOSS 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thank you, FLOSS. I think this may have been mentioned elsewhere, but good to flag it. Wish I could watch Arte! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 20 hours ago, FLOSS said: For those who may be interested there is a documentary about Petipa available on the french television channel Arte until the 29th December. It is called Marius Petpa le maitre francais du ballet russe. It is available in French and possibly German Here are the two links: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/076621-000-A/marius-petipa-le-maitre-francais-du-ballet-russe/ https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/076621-000-A/marius-petipa-der-meister-des-klassischen-balletts/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assoluta Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) This film was shown at the Petipa Bicentennary conference in March and caused a scandal among the ballet historians and scholars who were present. P.S. You may want to see what has been written about it at the time on the Dansomanie forum: http://www.forum-dansomanie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=108720&sid=739737bb7e85a114dfc18a0dd8c08cf7 Le film a été très mal accueilli par le public présent à l'Académie Vaganova pour l'avant-première, et la directrice administrative de l'institution s'est même excusée de l'avoir diffusé, ne l'ayant pas visionné au préalable. Le film pose plusieurs problèmes. D'une part, son indigence sur le plan scientifique et historique, avec des raccourcis grossiers (genre"avant la venue des danseuses Italiennes à Saint-Pétersbourg, c'était plan-plan et routinier, avec des russes sans expressivité et sans âme"), et d'autre part, par ses biais politiques. En gros, il s'agit de montrer que seul l'Occident honore dignement la mémoire de Petipa et en préserve l'héritage, pendant qu'en Russie, on ne fait rien. Le film débute par un plan sur... New York, et dès lors, le ton est donné. Petipa, c'est là bas, c'est à Harvard, c'est à Paris, c'est à Milan, c'est à Berlin, c'est à Londres qu'on s'en occupe, mais surtout pas à Saint-Pétersbourg. D'ailleurs, pas un plan n'est tourné au Mariinsky. Ce film est une véritable insulte à la Russie, et les Russes l'ont compris comme tel. On est juste dans la provocation. Edited December 18, 2018 by assoluta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHazell2 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Why did it cause a scandal? It sounds rather intriguing. Was it not particularly not well researched or something? My French is a bit rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 To paraphrase the above quote: it’s only in the West where Petipa is being celebrated; the Russians are doing nothing. Also, that before the Italian ballerinas came to St Petersburg, the Russian dancers were soulless. This film is an insult to Russians; they understood it as such and reacted accordingly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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