A pair of dances contrasted as grotesque and gracious successively follows a dance in this work's first scene where the protagonist and his rival compete for a kiss from the lead female.
A pair of dances contrasted as grotesque and gracious successively follows a dance in this work's first scene where the protagonist and his rival compete for a kiss from the lead female. Its early performances were hampered by arguments over the choreographer's desire to drop the wordless chorus accompaniment and the dancers' trouble with the 5/4 meter of its closing "Danse Generale." The composer had more success taking six dances from its three tableaux's for a pair of orchestral suites, the second of which contains "Pantomime" and "Daybreak" movements. A reenactment of the story of Pan and Syrinx and the female title character's capture by pirates advance the plot of, FTP, what ballet derived from a Longus story about the two titular pastoral lovers, the music for which was composed by Maurice Ravel?
A pair of dances contrasted as grotesque and gracious successively follows a dance in this work's first scene where the protagonist and his rival compete for a kiss from the lead female.
{Daphnis et Chloe} or {Daphnis and Chloe}