1681
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Women not ALLOWED in ballet until composer Jean Baptiste Lully
forced the issue in the academy established by Louis XIV in 1681 |
| 1748 |
La Mettrie proposes the concept of Man as Machine |
| July
7,1796 |
Charles Didelo's ballet Flora and the Zephyr believed first to
use dancing on pointe |
| 1815 |
ETA Hoffman writes, Der Sandman |
| Sept.
17, 1821 |
Arthur St. Leon is born in Paris |
| March
12, 1832 |
La Sylphide - The FIRST of the Romantic Ballets |
| Dec.
16, 1834 |
Arthur St Leon gives his first performance as a violinist. |
| July
1835 |
St. Leon makes his debut as a dancer in Munich. |
| Feb.
21, 1836 |
Leo Delibes is born |
| 1841 |
Giselle debuts |
| April
17, 1845 |
Arthur St Leon marries Neapolitan ballerina Fanny Cerrito, one
of the top ballet stars of the day. Marriage lasts 6 years. It
adds to his stature. Offered himself and her in "package
deals" |
| 1852 |
St. Leon publishes a book outlining his invention of the first
choreographic notation system based on a depiction of the dancer
as opposed to the paths taken. |
| 1859 |
Appointed Ballet Master of the Imperial Theatres of Russia.
Succeeded Jules Perrot. |
| 1864 |
St. Leon's The Humpbacked Horse is Ballet Humpbacked Horse was
known for its incorporation of Russian themes and included a
grand series of dances representing the nationalities living in
Russia |
| May
25, 1870 |
Coppelia Debuts - the LAST ballet of the Romantic era |
| Sept.
2, 1870 |
St. Leon Dies of a heart attack |
| Sept.
23, 1870 |
The Seige of Paris which lasts until January takes its toll. Giuseppina
Bozacchi, the original Swanilda dies on her 17th birthday. |
| June
14, 1876 |
Delibes' ballet Sylvia debuts at The Paris Opera |
| 1884 |
Petipa adaptation of Coppelia premieres in Russia |
| March
11, 1887 |
Coppelia makes its debut in America at The National Opera
Company, NY |
| Jan.
16, 1891 |
Delibes dies |
| 1892 |
Nutcracker Premieres |
| Dec.
27th 1896 |
Coppelia adaptation presented by The Royal Danish Ballet |
| Feb.
28,1910 |
Anna Pavlova makes her American debut dancing Swanilda with
the Metropolitan Opera in NY. This marks the debut as well in
America of the Russian adaptation. |
| 1958 |
The role of Franz still danced by a woman at the Paris Opera
Ballet |
| 1973 |
Piere Lacotte stages a re-creation of the original Coppelia at
The Paris Opera |
| July
17, 1974 |
NY City Ballet debuts it's Balanchine adaptation with
Alexandra Danilova in the role of Swanilda. |
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