I LOVE Chopin’s music SO MUCH!!! His music speaks full of emotions.
Asides from his life with opera singers, once I heard some people say Chopin’s music was not suitable for ballet because the flaw of the music could not make dancers do much dancing work. I strongly disagree with it.
Chopin and Ballet:
1. Les Sylphides
- Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1
- Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1
- Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3
- Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No.2
- Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sylphides)
2. La Dame aux Camélias
The whole ballet is with Chopin’s music although I haven’t got a chance to full scene ballet of La Dame aux Camélias. The video above is La Dame aux Camélias pas de deux with “Chopin’s Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 in G minor” which is the same music used in he great scene from The Pianist:
3. In the Night (choreographed by Jerome Robbins)
(1) ???
(2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfgMQqA9Yzc
(3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JYN6lZZ8CM
(4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gh7N35rD6I
(4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsm2RmKh30
Sorry for the missing first PDD, but listen to the full scene ballet music with Chopin:
Nocturne Op.27 No.1 in C sharp minor
Nocturne Op.55 No.1 in F minor
Nocturne Op.55 No.2 in E Flat
Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E flat major
4. Contemporary – Ludmila pagliero, Concour Opera National de Paris
Waltz Op. 64, No. 3
Although this an incomplete video, I do wish to see full scene of this ballet!!! So beautiful!!!
Anymore ballets with Chopin’s music? Is Chopin’s music not suited for ballet?
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