YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

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Main Author: Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2015
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14294438282021-08-03T06:30:17Z YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna Dance libretti ballet d action Portugal ballet history pantomime dance history-nineteenth century ballet history-nineteenth century Italian ballet history Lisbon ballet history Italian ballet pantomime The Real Theatro de Sao Carlos de Lisboa employed Italian choreographers from its inauguration in 1793 to the middle of the nineteenth century. Many libretti for the ballets produced for the S. Carlos Theater have survived and are now housed in the National Library of Portugal. This dissertation focuses on the narratives of the libretti in this collection, and their importance as documentation of ballets of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, from the inauguration of the S. Carlos Theater in 1793 to 1850. This period of dance history, which has not received much attention by dance scholars, links the earlier baroque dance era of the eighteenth century with the style of ballet of the 1830s to the 1850s. Portugal had been associated with Italian art and artists since the beginning of the eighteenth century. This artistic relationship continued through the final decades of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century. The majority of the choreographers working in Lisbon were Italian, and the works they created for the S. Carlos Theater followed the Italian style of ballet d'action. Libretti are documented accounts of choreography of this period and contain important information regarding the style of the ballets produced in Lisbon. The narratives of the ballets in these libretti reveal the style of works produced in Lisbon from the late eighteenth to the middle of the nineteenth centuries: the ballet d action that relied on the use of pantomime and gestures to tell stories. The importance of pantomime in ballets of the period covered in this investigation becomes evident in the analysis of several scenarios of ballets produced in Lisbon. This salient characteristic of ballets of the period emerges through the plot developments of the ballets d action produced in Portugal. 2015-05-19 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429443828 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429443828 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Dance
libretti
ballet d action
Portugal
ballet history
pantomime
dance history-nineteenth century
ballet history-nineteenth century
Italian ballet history
Lisbon ballet history
Italian ballet pantomime
spellingShingle Dance
libretti
ballet d action
Portugal
ballet history
pantomime
dance history-nineteenth century
ballet history-nineteenth century
Italian ballet history
Lisbon ballet history
Italian ballet pantomime
Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna
YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
author Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna
author_facet Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna
author_sort Pinheiro, Ligia Ravenna
title YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
title_short YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
title_full YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
title_fullStr YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
title_full_unstemmed YES, VIRGINIA, ANOTHER BALLO TRAGICO: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PORTUGAL'S BALLET D'ACTION LIBRETTI FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
title_sort yes, virginia, another ballo tragico: the national library of portugal's ballet d'action libretti from the first half of the nineteenth century
publisher The Ohio State University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2015
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