Les sauvages_Dance

My first choreography to Rameau's Indes Galantes Les Sauvages in Minkovski's interpretation. The clear baroque dance wasn't my aim. The dancers are ballet students and the beginners in baroque dance. Video is from the stage rehearsal.

To make my idea of the dance clear (reading many commentaries which I am glad about) - I took the music from the opera because it is so nice and I have loved to it immedeately. And the first thing I wanted to do was to express the feelings from music into the choreography. I didn't take account of the plot of the opera inspite of I know it. Moreover the audience doesn't know it and I wouldn't have the possibility to explain the content of the opera. So lets call it only short 3 min. illustration of baroque dance, moreover with beginning students of baroque dance which didn't have to much time to prepare it and for me first experience with choreography and I think we have done it well. :)

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Entertainment

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• Les
• Sauvages
• Indes
• galantes
• baroque
• dance
• Rameau
• student
• performance

[littlegiry]

Great job! It's very beautiful!

[fairyqeen]

I'm glad you like it.

[jackeddemon]

the tempo is too fast

[fairyqeen]

You are right maybe and I wasn't able to decide what interpretation of Sauvages I should use to at first. The Christies' has much more different levels and is also a little bit mysterious. But finaly I have chosen the Minkovskis' one. I think that was for our a few educated audience easier to listen and for dancers the same (they had really a little time to practice that, so they had to catch it). It is the college concert after all. When I play it on CD now at home I prefer Christies'version

[LaBelleDanse]

The girl in the foreground at 00:50 is marvelous. The soft landings of her "half turn springs" are delicious, and her arm oppositions beautiful. Likewise the trio at 02:00 is quite wonderful in concept and execution. I like your work- but can't tell if you trained with the French or British school of baroque dance.

[fairyqeen]

I have been at summer school with Phillipa Waite once. And I have trained with some French baroque dance teachers e.g. Francoise Denieau, Beatrice Massin or Marc Leclerq. But the dancers on video have practised baroque dance only for 5 months and they have been influenced by classic ballet habits so much.

P.S. Sorry for my poor English

[deciomure45]

applausi stentati !! PER UNO SPETTACOLO MERAVIGLIOSO! Ma forse il pubblico era affascinato e si aspettava che la cosa continuasse!!!

[deciomure45]

semplicemente divine!

[MOnsabre]

Sont-elles des sauvauges, o des puritanes? Hahahaaha

[chico00566]

Com esta apresentação, o coreógrafo, certamente, quis mostrar a participação dos brancos em contrataste aos peles vermelhas, dançando bem ao estilo barroco. Ficou magnífico! Bravo!

[azdbio]

Les bases du ballet sont posées aux XVII-XVIII s.

On voit bien d'où viennent le ballet du XIXs. et le ballet russe bien plus tardif.

[maipolina]

Il est dommage que vous n'ayez rien compris à ce magnifique opéra ballet. L'interprétation avec les Indiens colle exactement à l'esprit original du compositeur et est un pur chef d'oeuvre. Cette interprétation ressemble plus à une parodie.

[maipolina]

Il est dommage que vous n'ayez rien compris à ce magnifique opéra ballet. L'interprétation avec les Indiens colle exactement à l'esprit original du compositeur et est un pur chef d'oeuvre. Cette interprétation ressemble plus à une parodie.

[SlightlySusan]

fairyqueen, as an amateur observer of ballet, I thought your choreography was appropriate to the music. I liked this so much better than another youtube video of the dancers costumed as Native Americans doing movements that reminded me of The Bangles, Walk Like an Egyptian. Brava to you for this beautiful interpretation! Graceful!

[Minquale]

Splendid idea, choreography and performance! So very delightful. I don't mind if the dancers doesn't look too "sauvage". ;-)

[GTestarossa]

Excellent dancers and choreography!! Perhaps, consider that it might be a little tiny bit too bound to the ground from time to time. A little air und the feet would add to the gaiety.

And: _always take Christie's version_; Rameau wrote about peaceful and tranquil forests, where grandeur has no place. Christie does that.