Les Sylphides
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Les Sylphides is a short, plotless romantic ballet set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, celebrated for its ethereal atmosphere and poetic, dreamlike choreography.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet
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plotless ballet ⓘ romantic ballet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Chopiniana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCompany | Ballets Russes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | piano music by Frédéric Chopin ⓘ |
| choreographer | Mikhail Fokine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerOfMusicUsed | Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeStyle | white romantic tutus ⓘ |
| emphasis |
atmosphere
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mood ⓘ pure dance ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
sylphs
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the Poet ⓘ |
| firstStagedBy | Sergei Diaghilev GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | ballet blanc ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
atmospheric
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dreamlike ⓘ ethereal ⓘ plotless ⓘ poetic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century romantic ballets
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La Sylphide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| musicArrangedBy |
Alexander Glazunov
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Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Tcherepnin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Taneyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first major plotless ballets ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredAsVersionOf | Chopiniana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Théâtre du Châtelet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repertoireOf | many classical ballet companies worldwide ⓘ |
| setting |
moonlit glade
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romantic woodland scene ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical
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romantic ⓘ |
| title | Les Sylphides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMusic |
Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18
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Mazurka in C major, Op. 67, No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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