Rethinking the Sylph: New Perspectives on the Romantic Ballet

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A P P E N D I X E S National Dance in the Romantic Ballet L I S A C . A R K I N A N D M A R I A N S M I T H Examples of National Dance in Operas La Muette de Portici Premiere: 29 February 1828, Paris OpCra Music: Daniel-Fran~ois-EspritAuber Choreography: Jean Aumer National dance(s): Spanish and Neapolitan dances, including the bolero and saltarello NOTE: The libretto lists four Spanish, eight Neapolitan , six bolero, and six saltarello dancers.' Guillaume Tell Premiere: 3 August 1829, Paris OpCra Music: Gioacchino Rossini Choreography: Jean Aumer National dance(s):Tyrolean dance Dancer(s): Marie Taglioni YOTE: The corps included ten "Tyroleans" and fifty-seven "peasants," of whom fourteen were children .2 Gustave III Premiere: 27 February 1833,Paris OpCra Music: Daniel-Fran~ois-EspritAuber Choreography: Filippo Taglioni National dance(s): Styrian dance, allemande3 Don Giovanni Premiere: 10 March 1834, Paris Opkra Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Choreography: Jean Coralli National dance(s): Spanish dances NOT^: These dances, variously identified as "seguidillas de Andalucia," "boleras de Cidiz," and the "Ollia,"%ere sometimes arranged by dancers or choreographers other than Jean Coralli. O n at least one occasion, a Hungarian dance was performed in the ball scene.5 Les Huguenots Premiere: 29 February 1836, Paris OpCra Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer Choreography: Filippo Taglioni National dance(s): gypsy dances6 Styadella Premiere: 3 March 1837, Paris OpCra Music: Louis Nieder~neyer Choreography: Jean Coralli National dance(s): saltarello NOTE: This was ~erformed by dancers portraying characters from the environs of Rome and the towns of "Albane, Tivoli, and Frascati."' Zingaro Premiere: 29 February 1840,ThCBtre de la Renaissance, Paris Music: Uranio Fortuna Choreography: Jules Perrot National dance(s): bohemischka, Saxon waltz (or Styrian rondo), forlana, ziguerrerina Dancer(s): Carlotta Grisi, Jules Perrot NOTE: This comic opera was written expressly for Grisi and Perrot. The ballerina sang as well as danced.' La Favorite Premiere: 2 December 1840, Paris OpCra Music: Gaetano Donizetti Choreography: Albert (Franfois Descombe) National dance(s): Spanish dancing9 La Fiancte Premiere: 30 April 1842, Her Majesty's Theatre Music: Daniel-Fran~ois-EspritAuber, J.B. Nadaud National dance(s): boleras de Cidiz Dancer(s): Marie Guy-StCphan, Jules Perrot13 La Prophete Premiere: 16 April 1849, Paris OpCra Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer Choreography: Auguste Mabille National dance(s):redowa1' L'Enfant p~odigue Premiere: 6 December 1850, Paris OpCra Music: Daniel-Francpis-Esprit Auber Choreography: Arthur Saint-Lkon National dance(s): Egyptian dance NOTE: The libretto calls for twenty-four "Egyptian" dancers, eighteen almies, four "Nggres," eight "Ethipians," and twelve sword dancers.'' Notes 1. La Muette de Portici, libretto (Paris, 1828). 2. Ivor Guest, The Romantic Ballet in Paris 2nd rev. ed. (London: Dance Books, 1980), p. 94. 3. Gustave 111,libretto (Paris, 1933), and Galerie dramatique ou Recueil de diff' erents costumes (Paris:Jules Rigo, n.d.). 4. Lola Montez performed the latter two dances in Don Giovanni on 27 March 1844 (Guest, The Romantic Ballet in Paris, p. 229). In 1839, the seguidillas and boleras arranged by Manuela Dubinon for the production were danced by six OpCra danseuses (La Presse, 28 July 1839, cited by Ivor Guest in "ThCophile Gautier on Spanish Dance," Dance Chronicle, 10,no. 1 [1987], pp. 34-35). 5. Jules Janin, Le Journal des Debats, 17 Mar. 1834. 6. Les Huguenots, libretto (Paris, 1836). 7. Stradella, libretto (Paris, 1837). 8. Ivor Guest,Jules Perrot (New York: Dance Horizons, 1984),pp. 51-59. Antinor Joly, the manager of the ThCftre de la Renaissance, commissioned the opera. 9. La Favorite, score (Paris: Schlesinger, 1842). 10. Guest, Perrot, p. 83. See also Ivor Guest, The Romantic Ballet in England: Its Development, Fulfilment and Decline (London: Phoenix House, 1954), p. 158. 11. Le Proph;te, libretto (Paris, 1849). 12. L'Enfantprodigue, libretto (Paris, 1850). N A T I O N A L D A N C E I N T H E R O M A N T I C B A L L E T / 247 Examples of National Dance in Divertissements, Benefit Performances, and Entr'actes Divertissement 7 July 1836, King's Theatre National dance(;): tarantella Dancer(s): Jules Perrot, Carlotta Grisi NOTE: Billed as the "original Tarantella, as imported from Naples," this may have been performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, the previous winter.13 Divertissement 1838 National dance(s): Scottish dance Dancer(s): Fanny and ThCrgse Elssler" Die...