Théophile Gautier’s “Orientalist” ballet librettos and novels as Marius Petipa’s silenced sources of inspiration
By working on the genesis of the two ballets having an Indian plot, both composed by Marius Petipa in St. Petersburg, La Bayadère, and The Talisman, I realised how deeply the French maître de ballet drew on some novels and librettos written by Théophile Gautier, though he never mentioned him in his...
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University of Bologna
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Danza e Ricerca |
| Online Access: | https://danzaericerca.unibo.it/article/view/16061 |