The ballet la boutique fantasque as an example of international creative collaboration in Diaghilev’s ballets Russes
Abstract
The article covers the background of the La Boutique fantasque (The Magic Toyshop) created by the choreographer L.Massine and the composer O.Respighi. The performers of the ballet were Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. The Russian impresario wanted to revive the one-act ballet by J.Bayer, Die Puppenfee (The Fairy Doll) as another musical and choreographic version. As a result, a restoration performance appeared based on the musical material by G.Rossini, a composer of the 19th century. There is a good reason for considering the ballet designed by A.Derain to be an example of musical and theatrical neoclassicism. Its immensely successful premiere was performed at the Alhambra Theatre in London on June 5, 1919. The objective of the article is to reconstruct how the international team, the composer, choreographer and artist, worked on the ballet. Exploring the musical material of «The Magic Toyshop», the authors of the study identified the works of G.Rossini included by O.Respighi in the score of the ballet, which determined the relevance and novelty of this research. The methodological framework for the article includes art research by Russian and foreign scholars, as well as musicians and choreographers’ letters and memoirs.
About the Authors
O. Yu. Кolpetskaya
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga Yu.Кolpetskaya, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Professor,
Music History Department
660049, Krasnoyarsk
N. S. Pustovarova
Children’s Music School No. 7 named after P.K.Marchenko
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia S.Pustovarova, Teacher of musical and theoretical
disciplines
660042, Krasnoyarsk
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For citations:
Кolpetskaya O.Yu., Pustovarova N.S. The ballet la boutique fantasque as an example of international creative collaboration in Diaghilev’s ballets Russes. ARTE. 2024;(2):5-13. (In Russ.)
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