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The first movement begins as one might expect, with energy and good humour, driving rhythms and folk-like themes. However, we have our first hint of darkness when the confident flow of the music is interrupted by intense repeated octaves, a cri de cœur from some hidden corner of the soul. The remainder of the movement
The divertissement in the following act operates on a different principle, one that uses parallel structures to cumulative effect. After the failure of the games honoring Junon, Persée has volunteered to try to kill Méduse.
- Rebecca Harris-Warrick
- 2016
Feb 13, 2020 · World overview: the dance of life -- Tribal rites -- Dance in tribal societies -- Asian ceremonies -- Early Mediterranean civilizations -- Folk dance development in medieval Europe and today -- pt. 2.
Apr 14, 2017 · A divertissement is generally understood as something that interrupts time and distracts the subject from his real preoccupations. The spectacle or show is the privileged emblem of the divertissement structure.
Jul 12, 2023 · Unlike the Romantic ballets that consisted of two acts, classical ballets expanded to three or four acts. Many dances that had nothing to do with moving the plot forward were included in these ballets to make them longer. These extra dance numbers are called divertissements (diversions). Divertissements were often character dances.
The same as divertimento, with the additional meaning of an entertainment of dances and songs inserted in an 18th‐cent. stage spectacle or sometimes in a ballet or opera (as in Gounod's Faust or Delibes's Coppélia). The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story.
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May 14, 2018 · divertissement (Fr.). Amusement. The same as divertimento, with the additional meaning of an entertainment of dances and songs inserted in an 18th-cent. stage spectacle or sometimes in a ballet or opera (as in Gounod's Faust or Delibes's Coppélia). The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story.
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