1. Русский балет и дилемма : Восток - Запад Simone Baron Dobro Slovo Russian Ballet

2.  Царский блет  Mariinsky Ballet/Kirov Ballet (1740s) in St. Petersburg  Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. P (1738) by Empress Anna  Bolshoi Ballet (1773) in Moscow  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQZME7Us_DE Pre-Soviet (Imperial) Ballet

3.  Мариус Пятипа  “Father of Classical Ballet” –originally from France  Worked with the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre: Revised ballets for future generations (ie: Swan Lake, Giselle)  Rose with dancers such as Anna Parlova  Brought first real wave of fame to Russian ballet  Classicism integrated with purity of French and Italian virtuosity Marius Petipa

4.  Михаил Фокин  Started at the Vaganova Ballet Academy  Debuted at Mariinsky Ballet, Petipa’s Paquita  Stereotypical ballet traditions (Virtuoso ballet) were outdated  No more miming, outdated costumes  Pointe shoes, arm/torso experimentation  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU Michel Fokine

5.  Советский балет  Truly repressed: the Soviet Regime closed down or renamed many of the theaters and academies  Example: Bright Stream (Shostakovich; Lopukhov 1935)  How this affected composers, choreographers, ballerinas  Bolshoi became a state-subsidized company – just like the renamed Kirov. Soviet Ballet

6.  Советский балет и Сталин  Took the art out, rather used for propaganda  Similar to other forms of art (ex: architecture)  Stalin in the eyes of the arts  “The proletariat needs ornament, decoration, adornment.”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VhQLld8oSs Soviet Ballet

7.  Ольга Лепесчинская  Stalin’s favorite ballerina  One of the most revered dancers of the Bolshoi  Always danced for the Red Army  Known as and elected as a member of the Communist Party  All aspects of Soviet artistic culture integrated into the Soviet regime Olga Lepishinskaya

8.  Россия сегодня  Globalized integration of choreography and technique  Now, American and Russian ballerinas can explore each other’s methods of dance without the restrictions of government  The art form is independent of political influence Post-Soviet (Russian) Ballet

9.  Михаил Барышников  While still in Russia, most celebrated dancer worldwide  While in Canada, request political asylum, never to return to USSR  Moved to United States in 1974  Worked with Balanchine in New York City Ballet  Artistic director of American Ballet Theater (1980)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8__iRsxG_A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8__iRsxG_A Mikhail Baryshnikov

10.  Георгий Баланчин  1934: Arrived in the United States  New York City School of American Ballet  Serenade  His company (American Ballet, became the house company for the Met)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nRmRTBaypo George Balanchine

11.  http://www.yonkershistory.org/fokine.html http://www.yonkershistory.org/fokine.html  http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/petipa _m.html http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/petipa _m.html  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/arts/dance/22lepeshi nskaya.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/arts/dance/22lepeshi nskaya.html  http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675037970_Stalin_Balle t_watching-a-performance_dignitaries-arrive http://www.unz.org/Pub/LiteraryDigest-1932dec17-00014 http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675037970_Stalin_Balle t_watching-a-performance_dignitaries-arrive http://www.unz.org/Pub/LiteraryDigest-1932dec17-00014 Bibliography Библиография