french les romantic ballet acts performed paris france monday june italian ballet triumph hugely popular staged europe russia united_states traditional choreography passed present day derives primarily staged late 19th early 20th centuries ballet peasant girl named dies broken heart discovering lover group supernatural women dance men death summon grave target lover death great love grasp took inspiration plot prose passage poem called prolific opera ballet composer composed music created choreography role intended debut piece paris public dance role dance years synopsis act following plot summary performances paris title role plot changed slightly details years passed ballet opens sunny morning middle ages harvest progress young nobleman fallen love shy beautiful peasant girl despite daughter duke humble called order innocent knows true identity help hides fine attire sword house romance harvest festivities begin local love highly suspicious newcomer won affections tries convince naive trusted ignores warnings mother protective daughter weak heart leaves delicate health relationship fondness dancing party seeking following hunt arrive village away knowing recognized attendance villagers welcome party offer drinks perform dances sweet nature knowing relationship honored beautiful stranger offers necklace gift group nobles depart villagers continue harvest festivities emerges dance named harvest queen festivities discovered finely sword presents proof peasant boy nobleman promised woman hunting horn calls party time hide choice greet shocked revelation faced lover deception knowing flies mad fit grief tender moments shared flash eyes begins dance causing weak heart dies arms turn rage flees scene misery curtain closes daughter body act late night grave forest frightened away arrival spirits betrayed lovers led queen forest night seek revenge man encounter forcing victims dance die exhaustion spirit grave clan disappearing forest arrives lay flowers grave guilt death spirit appears begs forgiveness love gently disappears join rest desperately follows terrified use magic force dance nearly dead nearby lake turn sentencing death pleads life refuses pleas dismissed forced dance sunrise power love magic life spirits return graves broken chains hatred vengeance control released powers bidding tender farewell returns grave rest peace background french revolution brought sweeping changes theatre france banished aristocracy preferred gods instead everyday people real places real time historical past supernatural took prominence sorts preferred burgeoning middle class caused great excitement paris 1830s november opera robert performance featured short ballet called ballet little ballet clad rise graves dance public loved little supernatural ballet march ballet debuted paris ballet beautiful loves james young tragedy occurs woods dies lover uses trap ballet brought french public dance artistic reasons spectacle wear white bell shaped length ballet skirt considered essential feature romantic ballet poet critic attended performance ideas touches years later set real place past example everyday people supernatural women development news article announcing performance recorded creation ballet read description thought evil spirits pretty ballet planned story settled verse called provide inspiration verse beautiful year old spanish girl loves dance warm ball dies cool morning prose passage tells supernatural young women called died wedding day rise graves middle night dance young man crosses path forced dance death book said young women died vampires assumed reason hate men thought hugo year old spanish girl good ballet story idea present ballroom crystal cast spell floor dancers enter room unable resist spell dancing try lover girls queen enter lay cold hand heart girl drop dead satisfied story basically succession dances moment drama end experience writing ballet scenarios called man written ballet liked basic idea young girl wrote story known today days sent director needed good story introduce paris public found story liked production performance paris excited opening night approached news reports kept interest alive reports said accident whilst reports indicated conductor ill said stage hands feared safety hopes ballet ready opening night postponed times absent days return delayed protect health lighting scene changes needed rehearsals cuts role spare dancer health instead returning tomb end ballet decided placed bed flowers sink slowly earth touch preserved romantic mood act finale monday june curtain rose danced lover queen typical theatrical practices time preceded excerpt production case act opera spite chief shouting orders crew heard audience great success sensation ballet regarded greatest period contemporary reviews comments great artistic commercial success praised poetic effects des wrote runs flies stage like love critic detailed analysis music thought act noted scene narrative filled new praised moments act especially mad scene music act entrance viola solo played moments thought flute music accompanying disappeared grave ballet end tragic beauty praised act peasant act followed suggestion picked beautiful girls company play peasants observer thought selection process cruel beautiful girls turned away second thought great successes tragic lovers praised performance act writing dancers act real poem charm eye thought seeing dance surprised find vision obscured tear happen ballet danced perfection places ranks surpassed expectation nature adam thought charming dancer actor male dancing performance wrote spite deserved success achieved mythological quality poses word little think express cold noble dancing suit merry mood respect bear strong resemblance goddess june september twice time period salary increased dancers sold pictures printed sheet music arrangements social dancing sculptor act costume silk cloth manufactured called madame sold artificial flower called ballet parodied october music popular writer ballet opera music early 19th century france wrote great speed completed months music written smooth song like style day called style known music lovers opera adam ballet short musical phrase associated certain character event idea adam heard times ballet associated motif marks entrance suggests fate theme associated loves loves flower test act heard mad scene act offers flowers motif heard act tells story mad scene heard act entrance hunting horn motif marks sudden surprises motif heard exposed nobleman music completely original critic noted adam borrowed bars romance miss bars chorus opera dance historian wrote stretch imagination score called great music denied suited purpose colour mood dramatic situations listen today haunting melodies composed century ago quickly conscious intense nostalgic quality unlike opening pages lies preserved valentine glory intricate paper lace symbolic floral designs age forever past brief space air violet music magic additions score adam score acquired additional numbers course history pieces integral ballet performance tradition immediately following stage influence mistress influential patron theatre inserted ballet required quickly arrange number arranged serving partner original intentions ballet composer supply music time adam unavailable light chose suite composer titled fashion music required dubbed des ballet performance tradition performances commissioned composer score new added retained performances performed departure commission additional piece ballet composer added choreographer revival performance tradition solo variations added ballet half 19th century arranged grand second music composed based loves loves variation retained ballet second variation added début occasion composer wrote music variation music departure russia added production inclusion variation peasant remains performance tradition present day variation added composed survived beloved passages variation dubbed arranged variation danced successors role variation performed outside russia paris productions staged outside russia included variation confusion time responsible composing music leading ballet historians credit author choreography choreographed original version lovers consequently designed dances paris dance world knew created dances admitted given official credit printed materials posters programs likely prevent collecting royalties ballet liked bold touches planned rapid aerial wires act afraid stage hand brought test crashed face scenery dropped writes elements dance act features short scenes points episodes dancing fused act fused entirely dance indicates vocabulary composed small number simple steps movements grand poses attitude steps steps turning steps tour tour air steps vertical air horizontal speculates simple steps deliberately planned allow parts cut changed ballet night act scene tells strange dream cut peasant slightly cut duke daughter entrance horseback today walk original production present death leave scene dies machines fly disappear longer employed utilized rise grave sink end act end act entered search took steps collapsed arms moment artistic parallel act finale peasants gathered dead cut slowly leaves stage ethnic elements ethnic music dance costume large romantic ballet time written people thought germany heard german origin makes entrance music audience known ballet set germany adam wrote said act german color indicated locality people agreed critic wrote lovely spirit subject thought dancers dress ethnic costume dance ethnic steps adam bits french spanish german indian sounding music purpose ethnic idea dropped ballet developed picked modern producers today ballet white ballet corps ballet dressed white bell shaped skirts dances geometric design sets costumes historical period indicated story chief costume designer probably consulted matter possible ballet budget mind decided use renaissance style costumes wardrobe costumes said certainly designed costumes principal characters costumes use ballet dropped repertoire revived new costumes assistant albert costumes closer modern productions use opera ballet revived scenery costumes wanted revive costumes original production dropped idea believing critics charge lack imaginative creativity sets chief set designer designed sets production specific ballet placed mysterious corner germany rhine months rehearsal long rehearsal time period time design sets acts focused second act sets act actually designed ballet adam illustration les opera shows cottage roof straw left cottage right cottages framed branches large trees sides stage cottages distance appears castle slopes covered scene designed remained model modern productions set use ballet dropped repertoire time noticed sets falling apart cottage barely roof act illustration les shows dark wood pool water distance branches aged trees create tree tunnel beneath branches left marble cross carved arms hangs crown leaves wore queen vintage stage thick branches flowers gas jets overhead suspended flies turned low create mood mystery terror circular hole cut backdrop covered transparent material strong light hole represented moon light occasionally manipulated suggest passage clouds wanted pool large mirrors rejected idea cost revival mirrors acquired scene adam thought backdrop act good weak pale liked set act second act delight dark humid forest filled wild flowers ending sunrise seen trees end piece magical effect sunrise delighted critics early productions performed paris debut dancing title role dropped repertoire ballet revived dropped repertoire revived russian dropped revived years later debut production revived mounted ballet companies europe america immediately night british taste drama based ballet called phantom night dancers seen ballet paris year play performed august theatre royal wells actual ballet staged london majesty theatre march dances credited production revived times role production preceded called met little enthusiasm ballet staged danced company danced role wells ballet took role left company english loved example different companies dancing ballet london performed russia december director sent ballet master paris find new ballet chose ballet master staged work completely memory produced changes ballet years service 1880s changes production staged italy milan january music adam dances original possible ballet staged provincial theatres known certainty american arrived paris study year returned united_states directions lee present united_states january boston howard played lee danced smith april park theatre new_york_city departure traditional ballet adaptation set ballet african americans 1840s louisiana
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