My First Ballet Album (CD)
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Description
My First Ballet Album (CD)
Composers: Various
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Naxos
CD Release Date: March 27, 2012
A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about...what world is this? This is the magical world of ballet. The stage is full of people in colorful costumes, but nobody speaks. All the stories are told by music and dancing. Composers have written such exciting pieces for ballet: listen to this collection and see which ones you like best!
Includes selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, Stravinsky's The Firebird, Schubert's Rosamunde, Prokofiev's Cinderella, Delibes's Sylvia...and many more!
The “My First” album series from Naxos is the ideal springboard for a linfelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of information on every piece of music. Unique and imaginative, these albums will open a door to a wonderful world that children and parents can discover together.
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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