Ballet Evolved - Marie Taglioni 1804-1884

An introduction to ballerina Marie Taglioni, the most famous dancer of the Romantic era. Former ballet mistress Ursula Hageli explores her role in the creation of La Sylphide with Royal Ballet dancer Yasmine Naghdi and pianist Paul Stobart.
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[@Tellie021]

I am french, and I wish that the Paris Opera Ballet would do the same thing toward public that The Royal Ballet does.

[@caysonsage6045]

instablaster.

[@malu7030]

Yes why they don‘t?

[@myindigoblues5796]

I love this series of Ballet Evolved. Thank you. So enjoyable and informative to see all of the different dancers and styles

[@altongrimes]

I watch this series over and over. Not only is it a great education but it also provides an effective introduction to the members of the company and the spirit in which they move.

[@eduardosousa_ribs4389]

congratulations Royal Ballet for this initiative educational for us dancers around the world.

[@taiwanelisa]

It looks as if the existing pictures remaining from Marie Taglioni were coming to life... Fantastic reconstruction!

[@Wytchvvood]

I love watching these whilst sewing pointe shoes😀😀

[@emitch9213]

very smart piece of information for us all...with serious attention to history of Marie Tagliaoni...thank you!

[@adriannespring8598]

The irony of the symbolism of "chaste" regarding subtle bodily visibility. So much emphasis given on that its fascinating.

[@claritarejoice]

I saw her knees a few times.

[@noblesetsentimentales]

How pervy of you.

[@ElinaXT]

Scandalous.

[@copiasrats]

😱 scandalous!

[@oliviaanderson673]

The hussy!

[@sumis.1642]

SCANDALOUS!😳

[@Skeksistential-crisis]

Wish I could be as dainty and ethereal as her ... 😔 She’s like a real fairy 🧚‍♀️🖤

[@nhmisnomer]

I enjoy the Ballet Evolved segments, as well. I love all KZbin videos showing Royal Opera ballerinas, ballet trailers, etc. I wish I lived in England and could attend your ballets!

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

Hello, We've asked Yasmine, and on that evening she was wearing Freed Studio Professional shoes. You can find a video on our channel from the Freed factory - search for "How Ballet Pointe Shoes are Made"

[@karenkaren3189]

Royal Opera House )

[@danawinsor1380]

This was so charming! Ms. Naghdi danced this piece with such a sense of style and poise.

[@Royalbrettania]

haha you are right - but I think these ballets were originally danced at a much faster tempo which would in my mind given a much much lighter dainty feel

[@highstepnightowl]

I really enjoy these Ballet Evolved segments.

[@valentinepotten5397]

if I was not yet in love with ballet, I would become after seeing this video!

[@balletobsessedweirdo]

I ❤ Yasmine and this old classic style of original ballet is beautiful

[@herrbrucvald6376]

The Romantic ballet started with the 'Ballet of the Nuns' in Act 3 of Meyerbeer's opera 'Robert le Diable', not 'La Sylphide.' Taglioni danced the part of the Abbess Héléna to her father Filippo Taglioni's choreography in this, the first Romantic white ballet, from which 'La Sylphide', Myrthe, and the WIlis directly originate.This choreography was written down in 1841 by Bournonville in Paris. Astonishingly, no one as yet has produced it, as far as I know! It's very odd that Hageli omits these facts. By the way, there's strong evidence that at least some of the choreography in 'La Sylphide' comes right out of 'Robert le Diable'. And why shouldn't it, coming 12 weeks after 'Robert'? The Sylph's 2nd variation in the 2nd act (of the Bourneville 'Sylphide') is almost certainly a version of Héléna's "Séduction du jeu" variation in the ballet of the nuns. 'Robert le Diable' is the spring that feeds the lovely brook of 'La Sylphide.' (note: The 2012 RO 'Robert' was ugly, misguided. The ballet had nothing to do with the Taglionis or the actual artwork which once defined Romanticism in 19th-century Europe.)

[@user-pg8hw9yj8p]

Do you know whether Taglioni danced in Robert le Diable on pointe shoes and in tutu? Thank you.

[@kathymyers7279]

Well damn! 😂

[@waterfyre]

Thank you for posting this series!

[@beyondthebarre]

fabulous demonstration of early pointe.

[@kathyf2297]

Very nice miss Yasmine!

[@christdiedforoursins5756]

The dress makes her look like she's floating.quite beautiful today's dance is quite valvular compared

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

depends what dance. All dance is beautiful in it's own way

[@marysaotome7823]

wdym by 'valvular' cuz thats a disease

[@Royalbrettania]

I nearly cried when Ursula told her to not have her legs too high ! no one will ever understand how much I loathe and detest vulgar displays of extension in romantic ballets Giselle and Sylphide - I would give anything to see a production of either of these two ballets where not only the original choreography was used but also Period Pointe Shoes exactly like what Taglioni or Grissi would have worn !! I think it would eliminate any clomping from the modern pointe shoe block !!

[@funeralgiggle3771]

I reckon you won't. But, what exactly do you mean by "vulgar displays of extension in romantic ballets"? Ballet in essence is about extensions, the longer the better in arms, legs, and torso. I can't think of any classical ballet performance, romantic or not, that doesn't involve extensions.

[@juliannagk9079]

But to do that, the modern ballerinas would most likely hurt themselves as they are not accustomed to the shoes of those times.

[@alinaj1707]

Funeral Giggle Galina Ulanova once said that in Giselle, in her time, the legs weren't allowed to go past 90 degrees. It's too flashy to have your foot on your head in such a classical performance.

[@gracethome6959]

Funeral Giggle extension as in being able to hold your leg very high. it's sort of a combo of strength and flexibility that's become the standard these days, but back then, an arabesque would be much lower (though still stretched out to give those graceful lines one would expect from ballet)

[@noblesetsentimentales]

@@funeralgiggle3771 Extremely high extensions that result in poor placement, distort the line and rigidify the torso, doing away with épaulement, have no place in classical ballet and are not what the art form "is about".

[@hebasaradileep]

i wish there was ballet in India....

[@bluegypsydoll]

Such Beautiful Movement❤

[@anae1800]

me encanta, gracias por compartirlo

[@herrbrucvald6376]

see: 'Robert le Diable: The Ballet of the Nuns' by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Knud Arne Jürgensen, Amsterdam, Gordon and Breach, 1997.

[@henryzhang2053]

!mrdunn brucvald thank you so much

[@ningwang5648]

love it

[@alixvalentinatovar9064]

I love the ballet this video is a dream 💃🏼

[@Cronosx2008]

gracioso como la chica se rie cuando le aprietan el vestido, me hizo reir.

[@lynerjy]

so educational..!!

[@PiperWatts]

I recognize that I’m falling into a sinkhole if these and I don’t care

[@amylou.273]

We have those barres at my dance school!

[@persuasionausten]

Really interesting! Thanks for making this. :)

[@nhmisnomer]

So beautiful, Yasmine! Charming!

[@mariakarlagonzalezperez2880]

i just wish i knew the name of the song

[@marinas5109]

I definitely like the style of those days more! It all looks like so much more harmony and beauty, esthetics and softness. Now, with those toots it looks vulgar

[@annamariagrosso5857]

💕

[@juliawanglee2064]

What is the exact name of the variation she performed at the end? I can’t find it anywhere. Thank you!

[@khaled7aleh]

💕💕

[@Msyrnonamesavailable]

Definitely Freed (that's where the Royal get all their pointe shoes) not sure what kind, though... sorry :(

[@xoxanime4lifexox]

were they normal pointe shoes or demi pointe shoes?

[@offtothenextadventure4048]

Normal

[@nelidaanacarballo1073]

Repito,no quisiera morirme sin conocerlo!!!!MISHA..!!!!

[@FredricEric]

She was born in Stockholm.

[@funeralgiggle3771]

Wasn't Yasmine born in London?

[@FredricEric]

Of course she was. But Marie Tagligioni was born in Stockholm.

[@funeralgiggle3771]

FredricEric I see, it wasn't clear to whom you were referring. You're correct.

[@sweetaliena]

It would've been more fitting if it was the music of Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer of the original Sylphide.

[@williamwoolhouse3702]

As it was the choreography of Bournonville,then The music of Lovensjold is correct.

[@pointeparis6944]

I think it would also cause many broken toes, snapped ankles ligament damage but yeh.. yeh...... great idea.....

[@user-on6db4rf4s]

Pointe Paris that was exactly what I was thinking.

[@rah938]

The next sound you hear will be my plantar fascia screaming.

[@radiantonion8615]

love Yasmine! I could of sworn she said "image of the filth"....lol. probably sylph though

[@artwatch-y9j]

Better than modern ballet. Ballerina nowadays look like athletes

[@gillcivil]

This is fascinating! - I'll share this with my followers - Gill Civil "piano music for ballet dot com"

[@emmsteemmastewart]

look like freeds to me

[@carinamoses2704]

lovely juicy plies - looks as elastic and malleably as apricot jam.

[@drivebyfruitings6845]

WOW! I wonder if she has ever thought about throwing fruit while dancing??

[@lilianrose715]

Dang can't even show a little knee that's just selfish to all the men their show a little fan service lol I'm kidding