The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet: Theory and by Cyril W. Beaumont,Stanislas Idzikowski
By Cyril W. Beaumont,Stanislas Idzikowski
This dance vintage provides an entire starting path in classical ballet. The founding father of this technique, Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), played and taught in Russia and with Diaghilev's troupe. through elaborating on a logical development of routines, Cecchetti supplied dance with an remarkable solidarity — balancing the adagio and allegro, re-establishing the thought of "legato," strengthening the arabesque, and constructing the workout of the pliés. Cyril W. Beaumont, a special author on ballet, has codified Cecchetti's software of analysis with the help of considered one of Cecchetti's celebrity scholars, Stanislas Idzikowski, and with the approval of Cecchetti himself.
The first bankruptcy defines and illustrates the elemental conception of the positions, physique routine, and technical phrases. exact chapters of routines contain "Exercises on the Bar," "Port de Bras," "Centre Practice," "Adagio," and "Allegro." every one workout looks with a numbered sequence of directions, and a desk of day-by-day routines for the week is equipped. The textual content is observed via 109 line illustrations, displaying positions and activities of the physique intimately and supplying ballet enthusiasts an ideal consultant to the fundamentals of classical ballet.
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