Yes it's a very difficult ballet, so much that a professional ballet dancer has to retrain his movements in order to dance this properly. It's the ancester of "modern ballet" as we know it. I've seen a whole vidéo talking about it in detail. Pro have to train months, before getting it right.
Well, now I have proof of what I have read about the young Louis XIV. He was a superb dancer and so is Nichola Nguyen. Bravo for the king and bravo for this dancer!
C'est de loin la meilleure interprétation que j'aie vue jusqu'ici, pleine de grâce et de sensibilité, sans afféterie. L'enchaînement des pas est fluide, les sauts amples et souples, le port majestueux, les gestes élégants, c'est un enchantement. Il y a une telle harmonie entre la musique et la danse qu'on en a les larmes aux yeux et qu'on voudrait que cela ne s'arrête jamais. C'est du grand art !
It's very interesting to see the serious athleticness of today's ballet in conjunction with this old form. I agree - I haven't seen that much L XIV ballet, but this is superlative.
This footage is beyond description ， and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion I'm just intoxicated with this specutacular footage in Japan From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
Absolutely gorgeous, and incredibly elegant! I’m glad that somebody, at some time, decided to research French baroque dance and to put together training and performance practice so that we can catch many glimpses of the origins of ballet. The footwork of this dancer is so beautiful, and his costume very evocative.
Very much so. amazing! I enjoy watching Versailles (to some extent), but no recognition of this on the series. The King (le Roi) was a talented danseur. guess they could not include everything. I think the series, as entertaining as it is, is dummied down.
dblueroom well in those days you became king because you were meant to become one from birth, but I think many of them would have rather done something else...take Marie Antoinette for example, what she really cared about was the theatre while her husband love to be a blacksmith in his free time. Perhaps if only they followed their heart instead of the role imposed to them they wouldn't have caused so much trouble!
@LaCarusiella That's not it. Actually the King dancing and being the center of a ballet was highly policital. It was done to impress the nobility and Louis XIV wanted to control the French culture under all its forms. This process is logical for a king who wanted to affirm its absolute power in the kingdom. It was not just a "hobby" for him.
You're very welcome! The original manuscripts described very precise steps; the arm movements were 'improvised' according to certain codes of use of that period. Perhaps it would be instructive to post a video explaining the use of the original diagrams. They are fascinating!
I know that I am coming to this rather late, and it is unlikely that you would or ever will respond to this, though do you know where I could find instructions for the foot movements of this dance written in words? The original notation is - even with the help of an instructional guide - rather hard to swiftly understand.
, Mi Opinion Acerca De Este Periodo Unico¡ Es, La Re-fineza,. El Cuerpo Y la Melodía En Toda Su Expresion,. Para Mi El Mejor Bailarin. Que E Conocido, Y Vaya Que LLevo 35 Años De Musica En El Cuerpo, Grande, Nicolas Nguyen 's
E Visto En Mi Vida Un Centenar de Bailarines Danzantes Barrocos, Proselitista y Simple Diria. Pero aca queda de manifiesto la maestria, Del Bailarin , Sutileza, Re fineza, Ritmo,, Como Se Simbra El Cuerpo,, la Musica En El Cuerpo, IMPRESIONANTE
+Violaine Dechappe De ce bon temps où notre peuple crevait la fin. Voilà bien une nostalgie de sycophante. La pompe aveugle les expédients du pouvoir. Le jour où vous aurez arrêté de fantasmer, la France d'aujourd'hui vous attend !
+Violaine Dechappe De ce bon temps où notre peuple crevait la fin. Voilà bien une nostalgie de sycophante. La pompe aveugle les expédients du pouvoir. Le jour où vous aurez arrêté de fantasmer, la France d'aujourd'hui vous attend !
parce qu'aujourd'hui vous croyez que c'est mieux ! on ne crève pas de faim en France (ou presque) mais il y a d'autres choses tout aussi effroyables et sournoises surtout ! J'ai peur pour l'avenir en France pour nos générations futures, et je dirais même pour le monde sur des sujets encore plus graves ! Oui j'ai peur de ce que l'on fait subir à la France ! Honte aux gens qui l'a gouverne !
Beauchamp was commissioned to invent it and did so. The notation gives all the steps, the path of the dance, all of the footwork. Every turn, step, and jump is notated. It also shows which steps go to which measure of music, and what relative speed those steps should be taken. The corresponding music is found at the top of the notation. There is definitely room for interpretation within the notation, and as more groups seek to reconstruct these dances, more schools of thought come about as to how exactly the steps should (or could) be done. We base these interpretations off of the instructions in the manuals, contemporary writings of how things were done, and drawings and paintings from the period. The port de bras is absent from the notation, with the exception of where partners join and release hands in partner dances. Within the instruction manuals are guides, both written description and drawings, for how to pair the arms with the steps and carriage of the body in general. For a solo like this, there is lots of room for personal interpretation for the arms.
La bibliothèque musicale de Louis 14 n'étais pas au château de Versailles et ainsi les livrets des musiques et des danses ont échappé au feu durant la révolution. Miracle !
These baroque dance clips are awesome!! Thank you for sharing these. I have a question for you.....Do you know how detailed the original manuscripts were? Do the dancers have to "fill in" gaps or improvise much ??Again, thanks for sharing these.
even if this is not the most energetic type of dancing, I believe the king still worked up a sweat. Especially wearing so much clothes. People back hardly cleaned themselvs. Hihihi. Piou! But I do really like the majestic style it has.
Very good except for 2 things: 1) His torso tilts too much and too often and 2) He raises his arms too high. The upper arms should never come higher than horizontal--which holds true until somewhere around 1800.
Seine Majestät tragen einen hosenrock !Nicht nur schulkinder in den 70zigern oder lageraufseherinnen !Auch der sonnenkönig hatte einen an ,und damit getanzt !
Instead of feeding his people the king wanted money on lavish entertainments, wars and built Versailles and taxed them to do it. Not a sun king at all, he sawed the seed of the demise of the Grench monatchy
