La Sylphide Costumes

THE LURE OF PERFECTION: FASHION AND BALLET, 1780-1830 offers a unique look at how ballet influenced contemporary fashion and women's body image, and how street fashions in turn were reflected by the costumes worn by ballet dancers. Through years of research, the author has traced the interplay between fashion, social trends, and the development of dance. During the 18th century, women literally took up twice as much space as men; their billowing dresses ballooned out from their figures, sometime... [Read More]

Set in the exotic surroundings of the Ottoman Empire and with a narrative encompassing abduction, murder and shipwreck, Le Corsaire is a swashbuckling pirate drama that delights for its spectacular nature and which includes some of the most bravura male dancing in the ballet repertoire. The works evolution has been a complex one, its libretto and choreography subject to numerous revisions since its first appearance in Paris in 1856, and in this English National Ballet production the first Britis... [Read More]

Photograph Description: Mlle. Taglioni, dans la sylphide Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry. Creator(s): Alophe, 1812-1883, artist Date Created Published: Paris : imp. Auguste Bry, 1850(?) Summary: Mlle. Taglioni, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing ballet costume. Notes: Illus. from: Les danseuses de l'Opéra; costumes des principaux ballets, dessinés par Alophe. Paris : Les Modes parisiennes, 1850?, no. 1. Subjects: Taglioni, Marie,--1804-1884. Costumes--France... [Read More]