Faust ballets

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Paul Taglioni
's ballet Satanella oder Metamorphosen

Faust ballets are a set of ballets, choreographed between the 18th and 20th centuries, based on the legend of

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. In the 19th century several productions took Faust as their subject matter including August Bournonville's 1832 production Faust for the Royal Danish Ballet.[1]

In 1833,

Andre Deshayes' Faust premiered in London with music by Adolphe Adam.[2]

On 12 February 1848, a Faust ballet premiered at the

St. Petersburg
, using the revised Pugni score.

In 1852

Maria Taglioni (the first ballerina to dance en pointe), choreographed Satanella oder Metamorphosen with music by composed by Peter Ludwig Hertel. A few years later, Julius Reisinger's Mephistophelia premiered in Hamburg and Meyer Lutz composed the score for Joseph Lanner's 1895 production.[3]

The trend continued into the 20th century with ballets created by Remislav Remislavsky, Heiner Luipart and female choreographer

Bach's B minor Mass.[1] Béjart himself danced in Notre Faust at its New York City premiere in 1977.[4]

Fanny Elssler in Faust with "Herr Carey" as Mephistopheles

References

  1. ^ a b "Faust ballets". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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  4. ^ New York Magazine. 18 April 1977. Retrieved 2018-04-29.