ballet blanc
| Ballet, such as Giselle, in which the female dancers wear calf-length white dresses. The costume was introduced by Marie Taglioni in Les Sylphides 1832. |
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| The first trio, all lunar mystery, complements the sublime second section, a study in pure ballet blanc classicism with a poignant subtext of a paradise lost. The effect was that of a ballet blanc, yet the performers sometimes seemed to be moved by anger and experienced pain. Finally, Love Re-Defined was Jones's 1996 reworking of a modernist ballet blanc he created for the Lyon Opera Ballet, set to the raspy folk music of Daniel Johnston (including one quirky song that told the tale of poor Godzilla). |
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