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Stravinsky's "Les Noces"--the Royal Ballet, Part 1/3

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Zenaida Yanowsky and David Pickering as the Bride and Bridegroom.The Royal Ballet's version of Les Noces holds a special claim to authenticity and history, asit was staged by the original choreographer, Bronislava Nijinska in 1966, and documented with much detail.It was premiered on June 13, 1923, by the Ballets Russes.Nijinska's austere vision is one of celebration and ritual among the family and community, not so much with the two principals.Critic Alfred Kalisch, reviewing the London premiere of the ballet, described it as "enough to convert intending brides and bridegrooms to celibacy."As always, Stravinsky's music seems to make more sense when danced to.Robert Craft wrote: "The lament in the epithalamium at the end of Svadebka is as much for the loss of Holy Mother Russia as for the virginity of Nastasia Timofeyvna."

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: TheGreatPerformers

Length: 10:07
Rating: 4.97
Views: 15760

Tags: ballet  Bronislava  dance  Diaghilev  LesNoces  nijinska  Stravinsky  Svadebka  

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friendlybipolarbear (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
absolutely agree
dawgmatism (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I think the rendition is too slow. If performed at the right speed, this music appears as it is, one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.The choreography is well done, I think.
egapnala65 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
You may find the English version more helpful to help you understand what's going on. It's conducted by the man himself.The Bernstein Russian version is amazing.
egapnala65 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
It's all rooted in Ethnic Russian folk singing and dance rhythms.I hold this to be his supreme masterpiece.
brcmano (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
This ballet is by Bronislava Nijinska, sister of Nijinsky ( Nijinsky's troupe )Nijinsky was mad in the days of Stravinsky's Les Noces.
wbiro (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
It took me a long time to warm up to Stravinsky- this piece tells me I still have a long ways to go! I could appreciate the choreography better by imagining that it was done for a troupe of Nijinski's who could override the simplicity with depth of expression... as for Stravinsky's score- I don't have a clue why he did what he did... it may be no fault of my own, but simply that not every work of an artist or troupe is going to have that 'magic' necessary to be a winner...!
BRUNOLOBO10 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
horrivelllllllllllllllll
1psoas9 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Is that Leslie Collier s the groom's mother? Fantastic production of a very great ballet. So detailed, so stylized, and yet so human.
icarrus4u (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
This doesn't even compare to Kylian's Les Noces. It is so much more innovative.
Flatliner0452 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
haha, its great to see the dancers having such a hard time hitting all the accents. I love Stravinsky's music, my greatest inspiration.


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