Ballet: incarnation of allegory

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The themes of ballet dances are generally expressed allegorically by a variation in the movements or in dress. The use of allegory brings the dance nearer to its social and cultural environment. Organizers and choreographers of court ballets during the 16th and 17th centuries recognized the importance and popularity of allegory in dances. Plots linking mythology with current events were particularly popular. Present-day choreographers such as Leonide Massine and George Balanchine have kept allegory alive in ballet.

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The Royal Danish ballet season of 1954-1955

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Mismanagement and severe public criticism made the season of 1954-1995 difficult for all three branches of the Royal Danish Theater, particularly the Royal Danish Ballet. The increasingly cosmopolitan nature of the Royal Danish Ballet was detrimental, as the early successes of the season were by foreign groups such as the Bolshoi Ballet. The biggest success of the season was Sergei Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet,' choreographed by Frederick Ashton.

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Meyerbeer and ballet music of the nineteenth century: some issues of influence with reference to Robert le Diable

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Classical ballet began with opera. The two forms took different evolutionary paths but the tradition of the operatic divertissement connected the genres until the New Music of Richard Wagner. Some of Giacomo Meyerbeer's greatest successes, including 'Robert le Diable' and 'Le prophete,' owed their success to the frisson of their dance divertissements.

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