Filippo Taglioni

Filippo Taglioni

Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; November 5, 1777 – February 11, 1871) was an Italian dancer and choreographer and personal teacher to his own daughter, the famous Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni. He is the son of Carlo and father of both Marie and Paul. And though it is a common misconception, it is he who was the original choreographer of "La Sylphide", in 1836.

Background

Born in Milan, he made his dancing debut at the age of seventeen in Pisa performing female roles. He danced in other Italian cities before becoming a dancer (at the age of twenty-two) with the Paris Opera. With Vestris firmly in control there, he readily accepted an invitation to be a principle dancer and balletmaster for the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm in Sweden. There, he married the dancer Sophie Karsten, daughter of a famous Swedish opera singer Christoffer Christian Karsten and the Polish actress Sophie Stebnowska, in 1803. Together, they had two children, Marie Taglioni and Paul Taglioni, both of whom became dancers themselves.

For several years the family lived in Vienna and Germany but to escape the dangers of the Napoleonic wars, Filippo moved them to Paris. He danced and choreographed throughout Europe, mostly in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Finally, he was invited to take a more permanent position with the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. Once settled there, he sent for Marie, who had been studying ballet in Paris. Upon her arrival, Filippo was discouraged at her artistic progress and began training her himself. He had her practice ballet six hours a day for six months, using a level method of technique training. He was very strict with her, and had no sympathy for her aching and bleeding toes. He sought to make her style light and delicate, with an emphasis on jumps with "ballon" and pointe work, something that was unheard of before this time. When she was ready he took her back to Paris. After her debut she became so popular that Filippo was able to negotiate a six year contract for the two of them. The triumphant première of "La Sylphide" on March 12, 1832 made her the most acclaimed prima ballerina of the Romantic period and him the most renowned choreographer of the day. It is said that the great Romantic period of dance was ushered in on that night. Because of this immense success, the two of them traveled widely together and toured both Europe and Russia.

As he grew older, he became eccentric and unpredictable and eventually lost all of Marie's carefully amassed fortune in unwise speculations. Nevertheless, he must be recognized as a pioneer in a ballet style that was to alter forever the very nature of the art.

He died in Como.

Misconceptions

The ballet-going public knows the Romantic ballet "La Sylphide" as being choreographed by the Danish balletmaster August Bournonville. That is indeed the "La Sylphide" audiences are most familiar with today but was not the version given in 1832.

The original production of "La Sylphide" was first presented at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique (or Paris Opéra) in 1832, and was choreographed by Filippo Taglioni himself to the music of Jean-Madeliene Schnietzhoeffer, with libretto by Adolphe Nourrit after a story by Charles Nodier. The leading roles were danced by Marie Taglioni and Joseph Mazilier.

August Bournonville originally intended to stage the 1832 version in Denmark, but the Paris Opéra demanded to high a price for the orchestral parts of Schnietzhoeffer's score. In light of this, Bournonville decided to stage his own version of "La Sylphide" on the same scenario, with a new score by Herman Lovenskiold. The production premiered in 1836 with the prodigy Lucile Grahn and Bournonville in the principal roles. Due to the strong tradition of the Royal Danish Ballet this version is still being performed in Denmark to this day, and has since been staged throughout the world.

In 1972 the Ballet Master Pierre Lacotte revived Filippo Talgioni's original "La Sylphide" for the Paris Opera Ballet, with the noted ballerina Ghislaine Thesmar as the Sylph. Schnietzhoeffer's original score was reconstructed from a manuscript held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. As Taglioni's original choreography was lost long ago, Lacotte choreographed the ballet in the style of the epoch. The Paris Opera Ballet has since released the production onto DVD/video twice.

External links

* [http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/taglioni_family.htm Andros on Ballet]
* http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/5/5_37.htm


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