#fonteyn

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Ballet preserves the cultural heritage of generations, allowing us to experience the emotions and stories of our ancestors through dance.

Margot Fonteyn

Ballet's origins grew out of the Renaissance court cultures of Italy and France. Dancers would perform at the royal courts - and then invite the audience members to participate. It was a dance that was done by courtiers and kings and princes at court in social situations. It was not a theatrical art set off from social life

The first ballet dancers did not wear tutus or dance in satin shoes, but they did formalise the footwork patterns - known as first, second, third, fourth and fifth position - that are still used today. Louis XIV of France realised that if his art form was going to be disseminated throughout his realm and even to other European countries, he would have to find a way to write it down. So he asked the famed French choreographer Pierre Beauchamp to write some these positions. The positions themselves are the grammars of ballet, they're the ABC's, the classical building blocks of ballet.

In ballet's early days, men were expected to perform the more extravagant and intricate footwork. It wasn't until years later, during the French Revolution, that female dancers became stars. During the French Revolution, the aristocratic male dancer was really discredited. The hatred and bitter animosity toward the aristocracy had direct consequences for ballet. Why should you have this aristocratic art? If you're going to take down the aristocracy, why not take down ballet, too?"

By the 1830s, men were actually reviled onstage. They're thought to be a disgrace. Female dancers take the ideals that existed in the aristocratic art form and turned them into a feminine and spiritual ideal of which they are the masters. Then you get this image of the ballerina on toe, in these more romantic-era ballets of sylphs and unrequited love and the romantic themes that carried ballet into the 19th century.

#fonteyn #margot fonteyn #quote #ballet #ballerina #dance #dancing #dancer #aristocracy #generations #history #music #aesthetics #court dance #louis XIV #french #italian #renaissance #arts #culture

[musicforthegirlies]

Some music suggestions for fans of Weyes Blood

The Plastic Cherries: especially their new album The Plastic Cherries on the Moon

Fonteyn

Leah Senior: especially her album The Passing Scene

Cassandra Jenkins

Luluc

Mikaela Davis

#weyes blood #natalie mering #music #The plastic cherries #fonteyn #mikaela davis #cassandra jenkins #leah senior

[ricciardoe]

Obsessed with the way you added "tw James Corden" on the tags 🤭🤭💀💀

- maxielstan

it actually got too much i re-evaluated my life and deleted it

#a sight for sore eyes #i cropped for my bbygirl #iz.tag #fonteyn #msg*

[bandcampsnoop]

8/14/22.

My soft spot for The High Llamas and 1970s AOR pop/rock has been well established. Fonteyn is originally from the UK but somehow ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah. She makes music that reflects her love of Todd Rundgren, Carole King and Paul McCartney.

I would add The Lemon Twigs and the aforementioned High Llamas.

This is released by Born Losers Records (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

#Fonteyn #UK #Salt Lake City #Utah #Born Losers Records #The High Llamas #Todd Rundgren #Carole King #Paul McCartney #The Lemon Twigs #Bandcamp

[scaramush767]

#Fonteyn #fan art

[lostattheedge]

Photography by Karel Fonteyne

#karel Fonteyne #art nude #artistic nude

[more-records]

#fonteyn #tripthelightfantastic #music #singersongwriter #70s #alternative #softrock #caroleking #toddrundgren #🇬🇧 #音楽 #シンガーソングライター #ソフトロック #cd #cdジャケット #artwork #アートワーク #morerecords #モアレコ入荷情報 #大宮 (at more records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CieteCmvkQf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fonteyn #tripthelightfantastic #music #singersongwriter #70s #alternative #softrock #caroleking #toddrundgren #🇬🇧 #音楽 #シンガーソングライター #ソフトロック #cd #cdジャケット #artwork #アートワーク #morerecords #モアレコ入荷情報 #大宮

[akiiro3]

またスゴイのが出てきた。最近読んだマンガに「全ての創作は自分の好きなものの二次創作からはじまるんだ」的なことが書いてあってなるほどと思ったのだけど、このレコードはまさにそんな感じ。あたしゃトッド・ラングレンの夢を見ながらうっとりと聴いてます。Dream Goes On Forever. #fonteyn #tripthelightfantastic #vinyl #2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXBZzYPFat/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fonteyn #tripthelightfantastic #vinyl #2022

[rosepompadour]

Margot Fonteyn photographed by Yousuf Karsh for Ashton's Cinderella, 1957

#those jewels tho #margot fonteyn #cinderella #ballet #*

[margotfonteyns]

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in Marguerite and Armand, 1963

#margot fonteyn #rudolf nureyev #marguerite and armand #frederick ashton #royal ballet #ballet #1960s

[the4chambersofmystery]

#margot fonteyn #ballet #i hope you dance

[allhailthe70shousewife]

I guarantee you could have polled every single kid in my grammar school in 1977 and not one of us was trying to be Donny for Halloween.

#probably a few wanted to be marie #i was obsessed with olga korbut and margot fonteyn and my teacher at that age #annoying teacher’s pet #i was more comfortable with adults #idle chat #halloween chat

[gatabella]

Maria Callas arriving at Orly airport, Paris, 1950s

"I adore the overemphasized eyes and lips that Maria Callas, Margot Fonteyn, and Moira Shearer laid on before a performance, and which I always admired in black-and-white images growing up. They still haunt my memories as I prep for a show."

-Dita von Teese

#maria callas #margot fonteyn #moira shearer #dita von teese #quote #orly #airport #dog #poodle #makeup

[thequietabsolute]

Garen // Karel Fonteyne

#Karel Fonteyne

[disease]

THE ANTWERP SIX+1 | LONDON, 1986 PHOTOGRAPHY: KAREL FONTEYNE

MARINA YEE / DRIES VAN NOTEN / ANN DEMEULEMEESTER / WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK / DIRK BIKKEMBERGS / DIRK VAN SAENE / + MARTIN MARGIELA

#fashion #antwerp six #fashion history #london #80s #marina yee #dries van noten #ann demeulemeester #walter van beirendonck #dirk bikkembergs #dirk van saene #karel fonteyne #black and white #monochrome #fashion photography #u

[itgirls-n-wannabes]

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, 1960s

#rudolph nureyev #margot fonteyn #60s #1960s #ballet