The Blue Bird Pas De Deux: Petipa's Ballet

Marius Petipa was born on 1818 and died on 1910. Petipa was the inventor of modern classical ballet. Classical ballet was invented in the 19th century Marius Petipa is “the father of classical ballet”. Petipa a brilliant chorographer who is well known for his classicism and consciousness. He is considered to be the most greatest and influence chorographer .Petipa choreographed the swan lake and the sleeping beauty. The choreographic style in. His classical choreographic style absorbed his own artistic experience and the changing aspirations of at least three generations of St. Petersburg ballet artists. The assignment will analysis on the sleeping beauty third act of the blue bird pas de deux.
The blue bird was performed in the third act, the wedding. It was set during the wedding of Princes Aurora and Prince Phillip. The “Blue birds “was an act of an entertainment along with others ballets. It was a fancy wedding the music was nice and smoothing. There was 1 male solo and a female solo. The Sleeping Beauty. The third act features the jubilant wedding celebration of Princess Aurora to Prince Florimund. The male dancer’s costume consists of bright blue tights, feathers around the arm, with a feathery headpiece and a blue ballet shoes. The blue bird is a throng and energetic charcter with many moments travelling upwards. Through he’s solo he performs many battement
After a lifetime of ballet Marius Petipa, the Frenchman who came to be known as "the father of Russian ballet," left us a legacy of classical ballet that continues to this day. He greatly expanded the role of male dancers and we have him to thank for the leaping, twirling, breathtaking men's choreography we see in ballets now. While numbers are hard to find it appears that he staged at least fifty original ballets and created dances to thirty-five operas in addition to reviving another seventeen ballets. In reality he probably contributed to many, many more productions.
The two integral non dance components, which helped in the development of the mood, were costume and music. The male leads his dress in a blue unltard covered in blue feathers, which is covered over his arms like wings. The female is in a tutu with sparkling feathers. Tchhovosky used instruments such as Piccolo, Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Cornets Trumpets, Triangle, Tambourine, Cymbals and a violin to create a sound of an early morning with birds chirping, theses components assisted along with the moments to create the sense of the two birds. The success of Petipa’s Ballet. “The Blue bird Pas de deux “can be owned to the skillful manipulation of aural elements. Visual setting movements and dynamic components which together precede a beautiful and riveting performance. Overall the Blue bird Pas de deux is a timeless ballet that not only has but will also continue to be enjoyed by many.

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