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1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera,<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696852557|title=Apollos angels: a history of ballet|last=Homans, Jennifer.|date=2011|publisher=Granta|isbn=9781862079502|location=London|oclc=696852557}}</ref> praised by many critics and writers including author and poet [[Theodor Fontane]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3410721|title=The encyclopedia of dance & ballet|others=Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015,, Vaughan, David, 1924-2017,|isbn=0399119558|location=New York|oclc=3410721}}</ref> |
1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera,<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696852557|title=Apollos angels: a history of ballet|last=Homans, Jennifer.|date=2011|publisher=Granta|isbn=9781862079502|location=London|oclc=696852557}}</ref> praised by many critics and writers including author and poet [[Theodor Fontane]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3410721|title=The encyclopedia of dance & ballet|others=Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015,, Vaughan, David, 1924-2017,|isbn=0399119558|location=New York|oclc=3410721}}</ref> |
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1886 and 1894, she danced in Russia, mainly in St. Petersberg, along with the "Italian Invasion" - an influx of talented Italian dancers to Russia that included [[Pierina Legnani]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28182142|title=From Petipa to Balanchine : classical revival and the modernization of ballet|last=Scholl, Tim, 1962-|date=1994|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415092221|location=London|oclc=28182142}}</ref> [[Enrico Cecchetti]], and [[Virginia Zucchi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it//enciclopedia/antonietta-dell-era_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=DELL'ERA, Antonietta in "Dizionario Biografico"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711183637/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonietta-dell-era_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/|archive-date=2019-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70660004|title=History of dance : an interactive arts approach|last=Kassing, Gayle.|date=2007|publisher=Human Kinetics|isbn=9780736060356|location=Champaign, IL|oclc=70660004}}</ref> |
1886 and 1894, she danced in Russia, mainly in St. Petersberg, along with the "Italian Invasion" - an influx of talented Italian dancers to Russia that included [[Pierina Legnani]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28182142|title=From Petipa to Balanchine : classical revival and the modernization of ballet|last=Scholl, Tim, 1962-|date=1994|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415092221|location=London|oclc=28182142}}</ref> [[Enrico Cecchetti]], and [[Virginia Zucchi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it//enciclopedia/antonietta-dell-era_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=DELL'ERA, Antonietta in "Dizionario Biografico"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711183637/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonietta-dell-era_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/|archive-date=2019-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70660004|title=History of dance : an interactive arts approach|last=Kassing, Gayle.|date=2007|publisher=Human Kinetics|isbn=9780736060356|location=Champaign, IL|oclc=70660004}}</ref> |
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The St. Petersberg premiere of the Nutcracker sold out. <ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":0" /> Peter Tchaikovsky,<ref name=":2" /> the famous Russian composer, was commissioned by mastermind choreographer [[Marius Petipa]] to compose the ballet.<ref name=":1" /> The Nutcracker Ballet was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 17, 1892. It was a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, [[Iolanta|''Iolanta'',.]] Dell'Era received five curtain calls but the critical reception of the ballet was poor.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.liveabout.com/history-of-the-nutcracker-ballet-1006995|title=History of the Nutcracker Ballet|last=Bedinghaus|first=Treva|date=2 April 2017|website=Liveabout|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her critical reception for her role as Aurora in [[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]] had been better.<ref name=":4" /> |
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| ⚫ | Russian ballet dancer Nicolai Solyannikov thought that Dell'Era's dancing in Nutcracker was awful. "this coarse, ungraceful dancer is much to the German taste" <ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880878305|title=The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan lake|last=Wiley, Roland John,|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=9780191657597|location=Oxford [England]|pages=p 144|oclc=880878305}}</ref>. |
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Ballet reflects political and cultural changes, and dancers were influenced by rise of [[Expressionist dance|expressionism]] and opposition to the rigidity classic ballet during her era of dance.<ref name=":3" /> |
Ballet reflects political and cultural changes, and dancers were influenced by rise of [[Expressionist dance|expressionism]] and opposition to the rigidity classic ballet during her era of dance.<ref name=":3" /> |
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Revision as of 14:59, 24 October 2019
Antonietta Dell'Era (10 February 1860 Milan — 22 June 1945 Berlin) was an Italian prima ballerina best known for originating the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker (1892).[1][2]
Antonietta Dell'Era | |
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 Antonietta Dell'Era prima ballarina | |
| Born | 10 February 1860 Milan |
| Died | 22 June 1945 Berlin, Germany |
career in dance
1879 until 1909, Dell'Era had a successful career at the Berlin Opera,[3] praised by many critics and writers including author and poet Theodor Fontane.[4]
1886 and 1894, she danced in Russia, mainly in St. Petersberg, along with the "Italian Invasion" - an influx of talented Italian dancers to Russia that included Pierina Legnani,[5] Enrico Cecchetti, and Virginia Zucchi.[6] [7]
Nutcracker
The St. Petersberg premiere of the Nutcracker sold out. [4] [1] Peter Tchaikovsky,[8] the famous Russian composer, was commissioned by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa to compose the ballet.[4] The Nutcracker Ballet was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 17, 1892. It was a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, Iolanta,. Dell'Era received five curtain calls but the critical reception of the ballet was poor.[8][1] Her critical reception for her role as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty had been better.[9]
Russian ballet dancer Nicolai Solyannikov thought that Dell'Era's dancing in Nutcracker was awful. "this coarse, ungraceful dancer is much to the German taste" [9].
Ballet reflects political and cultural changes, and dancers were influenced by rise of expressionism and opposition to the rigidity classic ballet during her era of dance.[3]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Pritchard, Jane (January 2001). "Antoinette Dell'Era : the first Sugar Plum Fairy". Dancing Times. 3: p. 337, 339, 341.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Whitehill, Angela, 1938- (1990). The young professional's book of ballet. Noble, William. Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Co. ISBN 0871271478. OCLC 22382029.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Homans, Jennifer. (2011). Apollos angels: a history of ballet. London: Granta. ISBN 9781862079502. OCLC 696852557.
- ^ a b c The encyclopedia of dance & ballet. Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015,, Vaughan, David, 1924-2017,. New York. ISBN 0399119558. OCLC 3410721.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Scholl, Tim, 1962- (1994). From Petipa to Balanchine : classical revival and the modernization of ballet. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415092221. OCLC 28182142.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "DELL'ERA, Antonietta in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Kassing, Gayle. (2007). History of dance : an interactive arts approach. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736060356. OCLC 70660004.
- ^ a b Bedinghaus, Treva (2 April 2017). "History of the Nutcracker Ballet". Liveabout. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Wiley, Roland John,. The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov : choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan lake. Oxford [England]. pp. p 144. ISBN 9780191657597. OCLC 880878305.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Bibliography
- Panwitz, Sebastian: Antonietta Dell'Era (1861-1945). Primaballerina Berlins zur Zeit des Kaiserreichs (Staatsballett Berlin: Berlin 2012).
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