Between 1917 and 1921, Jean Cocteau conceived and produced three ballets, Parade (with Satie and Picasso), Le boeuf sur le toit (with Milhaud) and Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (with Les Six). These three works would have stemmed from a well-known challenge issued to him by Serge Diaghilev, «Étonne moi!» To this request the poet responded on the one hand by implementing strategies of risk in the aesthetic and artistic spheres, and on the other by interpreting the era of change and imminent doom in which he operated. The three ballets will be investigated in light of the benjaminian concept of “threshold” and the category of ludus formulated by Caillois.
Tra il 1917 e il 1921, Jean Cocteau concepì e realizzò tre balletti, Parade (con Satie e Picasso), Le boeuf sur le toit (con Milhaud) e Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (con Les Six). Queste tre opere sarebbero nate da una nota sfida lanciatagli da Serge Diaghilev: “Étonne moi!”. A questa richiesta il poeta rispose da un lato attuando strategie di rischio in ambito estetico e artistico, dall'altro interpretando l'epoca di cambiamento e di imminente sventura in cui operava. I tre balletti saranno indagati alla luce del concetto benjaminiano di “soglia” e della categoria di ludus formulata da Caillois.
La fine di un mondo nei balletti “realisti” di Cocteau (1917-1921) / Maras, Alessandro. - In: IL CASTELLO DI ELSINORE. - ISSN 2036-5624. - 89:(2023), pp. 23-37.
La fine di un mondo nei balletti “realisti” di Cocteau (1917-1921)
Alessandro Maras
2023
Abstract
Between 1917 and 1921, Jean Cocteau conceived and produced three ballets, Parade (with Satie and Picasso), Le boeuf sur le toit (with Milhaud) and Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (with Les Six). These three works would have stemmed from a well-known challenge issued to him by Serge Diaghilev, «Étonne moi!» To this request the poet responded on the one hand by implementing strategies of risk in the aesthetic and artistic spheres, and on the other by interpreting the era of change and imminent doom in which he operated. The three ballets will be investigated in light of the benjaminian concept of “threshold” and the category of ludus formulated by Caillois.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


