The first ballet of its time to have no plot or narrative.
Ballet Blanc meaning they are all dressed in white romantic tutus.
Written as an orchestrated piece by Chopin in 1892 originally called itself Chopiniana after the composer changed its name in Paris to Les Sylphides after audience saw a version of La Sylphide.
Along similar lines to La Sylphide with sylph like creatures in it but with no narrative.
It is a 'Romantic Reverie' set in a atmospheric lake with a series of suites of dances.
Ballet Russes Premiered it and it has been developed over time.
The one we watched at the screening is by The American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1984
My thoughts:
Costumes: Slightly busty for the women could have had a higher neckline on some of the costumes. I think the skirts were beautiful and moved well with the dancers.
Male costumes was rather feminine but being in black and white made him stand out from the women.
The role of the male dancer in this reflected the time the piece was made as he didn't do a lot. His role seemed to be admire the women dancers and life and hold when needed. It seemed as though he didn't need to be there if they didn't need lifting.
The steps of the ballet were slightly repetitive and the non plot made it hard to get my full attention and unfortunately i did get rather bored.
This did help to show the different styles of ballet and i think its important to be able to start criticising whats good and bad about productions as you can take the critical into your work.
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