Corps de ballet
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| - | '''''La Danse'''''[http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/29991212275/la-danse-la-danse-the-dance-was-a-sculpture] is an 1868 sculpture by French artist [[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]. It was one of four sculptural groups made from [[Echaillon]] marble that decorate the façade of the [[Opera Garnier]] in Paris, two to either side of the entrance at ground level. The work was installed in 1869, and widely criticised as obscene. It was [[Vandalism of art|attacked]] in August 1869 when an anonymous vandal threw black ink over it. The scandal subsided after the outbreak of the [[Franco-Prussian War]] in 1870, and the original statue remained on the façade at the opera until it was transferred to the [[Louvre Museum]] in 1964 and replaced by a copy. The original was moved to the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in 1986. | + | In [[ballet]], the '''''corps de ballet''''' {{IPA-fr|kɔʁ də balɛ|}} (from [[French language|French]], ''body of the ballet'') is the group of dancers who are not soloists. They are a permanent part of the [[ballet company]] and often work as a [[Theatrical scenery|backdrop]] for the [[principal dancer]]s. A ''corps de ballet'' works as one, with synchronized movements and corresponding positioning on the stage. |
| - | Carpeaux was commissioned by his friend [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] to make a group based on the dance of [[Bacchus]]. The sculpture comprises several human figures, for which Carpeaux made numerous sketches over three years, using actresses and dancers from the [[Palais-Royale]] as models. At the centre of the group, a garlanded young man with wings smiles as he holds aloft a tambourine while several women dance around him. It includes sculptural groups ''[[L'Amour à la folie]]''. | + | The leading dancer in a Corps de ballet is a [[Ballet dancer|Coryphée]]. Specific roles are sometimes made for the corps de ballet, such as the Snow Corps de Ballet and the Flower Corps in ''[[The Nutcracker]]''. |
| - | A 42-inch bronze cast reproduction of Carpeaux's "Genius of the Dance," the central figure of "La Danse", was acquired by the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] in 1983 for the museum's French galleries. | + | ==See also== |
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| - | Carpeaux's original sculpture was moved to the Louvre Museum in 1964 to protect it from pollution, and it was replaced on the façade of the Opera Garnier by a copy made by [[Jean Juge]]. The original was moved to the Musée d'Orsay in 1986. | + | |
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| - | Carpeaux completed a final model and the full-size statue in 1868, and it was unveiled at the Opera in July 1869. The unashamed nakedness of the figures, situated outdoors in full public view, provoked an immediate negative reaction, with some saying it would now be impossible for respectable women and girls to come to the Opera. The statue was [[Vandalism of art|attacked]] on the night of 27-28 August 1869, when black ink was thrown over the statue. The Opera considered moving the statue inside, but that was opposed by the [[corps de ballet]]. The scandal reached such a level [[Charles Gumery]] was commissioned to make a replacement (his gilded sculptures of ''L'Harmonie'' and '' La Poésie'' already crown the Opera's end pavilions). The issue was forgotten after the [[Franco-Prussian War]] broke out in July 1870, and Gumery died in Paris during the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]]. Carpeaux's work remained in place after his death in 1875, and Gumery's replacement is held by the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers]]. | + | |
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In ballet, the corps de ballet Template:IPA-fr (from French, body of the ballet) is the group of dancers who are not soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers. A corps de ballet works as one, with synchronized movements and corresponding positioning on the stage.
The leading dancer in a Corps de ballet is a Coryphée. Specific roles are sometimes made for the corps de ballet, such as the Snow Corps de Ballet and the Flower Corps in The Nutcracker.
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