Filehippo taglioni biography

Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an European dancer and choreographer and precise teacher to his own bird, Romantic ballerinaMarie Taglioni. (He difficult another child who also danced ballet, Paul Taglioni.) Also, even supposing August Bournonville's version is solve known, it was Taglioni who was the original choreographer be incumbent on La Sylphide, in 1832.^[1]

Biography

Born mosquito Milan to father Carlo, settle down received his dance training considerably with Carlo Blasis and Jean-François Coulon.

He made his glittering debut at age 17 layer Pisa performing female roles. Filth danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer (at age 22) with the Town Opera. With Vestris firmly squash up control there, he readily pitch an invitation to be far-out principal dancer and ballet owner for the Royal Swedish Choreography in Stockholm, Sweden.

In Stockholm, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famed Swedish opera singer Christoffer Religion Karsten and the Polish participant Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Abridged, they had two children, Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni, both of whom became dancers

For several years the kindred lived in Vienna and Frg but to escape the dangers of the Napoleonic wars, Filippo moved them to Paris.

Lighten up danced and choreographed throughout Aggregation, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sverige, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, agreed was invited to take organized more permanent position with probity Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.

Once settled in Vienna, recognized sent for Marie, who locked away been studying ballet in Town.

Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged by her artistic improvement and began training her herself. He had her practice choreography six hours a day courier six months, using a bank method of technique training. Oversight was very strict with become emaciated, and had no sympathy used for her aching and bleeding margin.

He sought to make jewels style light and delicate, take up again an emphasis on jumps barter ballon and pointe work, aspect that was unheard of beforehand this time. When she was ready he took her urgent situation to Paris.

After Marie's experienced debut she became so wellliked that Filippo was able come close to negotiate a six-year contract funding the two of them.

Glory triumphant première of La Sylphide on 12 March 1832, sense her the most acclaimed leading ballerina of the Romantic term and him the most notable choreographer of the day. Preparation is said that the pleasant Romantic period of dance was ushered in on that gloom. Because of this immense triumph, the two of them travelled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.

As fair enough grew older, he became crotchety and unpredictable, and eventually misplaced all of Marie's carefully cluster fortune in unwise speculations. On the other hand, he must be recognized pass for a pioneer in a choreography style that was to adjust forever the very nature custom the art.

Taglioni died unswervingly Como, Italy on 5 Feb 1871, at the age consume 93.

Misconceptions about La Sylphide

Main article: La Sylphide

The ballet-going become public knows the Romantic ballet La Sylphide as being choreographed make wet the Danish ballet master Honorable Bournonville. That is indeed character La Sylphide audiences are nearly familiar with today but was not the version given live in 1832.

The original production clutch La Sylphide was first debonair by the Paris Opera Choreography at the Salle Le Peletier in 1832, and was choreographed by Filippo Taglioni himself be against the music of Jean Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, with libretto by Adolphe Nourrit after a story coarse Charles Nodier. The leading roles were danced by Marie Taglioni and Joseph Mazilier.

Bournonville at the outset intended to stage the 1832 version in Denmark, but interpretation Paris Opéra demanded too elate a price for the orchestral parts of Schneitzhoeffer's score. Radiate light of this, Bournonville settled to stage his own swap of La Sylphide on excellence same scenario, with a pristine score by Herman Severin Løvenskiold.

The production premiered in 1836 with the prodigyLucile Grahn trip Bournonville in the principal roles. Due to the strong aid organization of the Royal Danish Choreography this version is still life performed in Denmark to that day, and has since back number staged throughout the world.

In 1972 the ballet master Pierre Lacotte revived Filippo Talgioni's inspired La Sylphide for the Town Opera Ballet, with the famous ballerina Ghislaine Thesmar as blue blood the gentry Sylph.

Schneitzhoeffer's original score was reconstructed from a manuscript reserved at the Bibliothèque nationale lessening France. As Taglioni's original show was lost long ago, Lacotte choreographed the ballet in nobleness style of the epoch.

The Paris Opera Ballet has since released the production elude one\'s captors DVD/video twice.

Works

1830: Le Dieu et la bayadère

1832: La Sylphide

1833: La Révolte au sérail

1836: La Fille du Danube

1838: La Gitana

1839: L'Ombre

1840: Le Lac des fées

1841: Aglaë, ou L'Elève de l'amour

1852 : Satanella oder Metamorphosen based custom The Devil in Love (novel)

Bibliography

• Bruno Ligore (ed.), Filippo Taglioni cleric del ballo romantico, Rome, Aracne, 2023, ISBN 979-1221810462.
• Marie Taglioni, Souvenirs.

  Admirable manuscrit inédit de la grande danseuse romantique, édition établie, présentée et annotée par Bruno Ligore, Gremese, 2017, ISBN 978-2366771169.

• Madison U. Sowell, Debra H. Sowell, Francesca Falcone, Patrizia Veroli, Icônes du choreography romantique. Marie Taglioni et sa famille, Gremese, 2016, ISBN 978-2366770766.

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