The aim of the essay is analyzing the transition from the French model that inspired Ivan Vsevolozhsky in Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty to the exoticizing idea of folkloric Russia that was presented abroad by the Ballets Russes in Mikhail Fokin’s The Firebird. Expanding the references contained in the text by Marina Konstantinova about Sleeping Beauty and in the essay by Sally Banes about Firebird and the Idea of Russianness, the author will focus on the dramaturgy of the ballets in question, in order to understand the decisive role played by costume in visually presenting to the public the underlying ideology.
Da Versailles a L’uccello di fuoco: quando il costume veste l’essenza russa del balletto / Mele, Marta. - In: ARTI DELLO SPETTACOLO / PERFORMING ARTS. - ISSN 2421-2679. - (2023), pp. 110-123.
Da Versailles a L’uccello di fuoco: quando il costume veste l’essenza russa del balletto
Mele, Marta
2023
Abstract
The aim of the essay is analyzing the transition from the French model that inspired Ivan Vsevolozhsky in Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty to the exoticizing idea of folkloric Russia that was presented abroad by the Ballets Russes in Mikhail Fokin’s The Firebird. Expanding the references contained in the text by Marina Konstantinova about Sleeping Beauty and in the essay by Sally Banes about Firebird and the Idea of Russianness, the author will focus on the dramaturgy of the ballets in question, in order to understand the decisive role played by costume in visually presenting to the public the underlying ideology.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
