Talk:Neoclassical ballet
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[edit] Good start
Good start, needs more explanation in reference to style (lines - shape - form - technique - lineage)
i would also argue that some of the works are modern ballet and or classical ballet. i would mostly contest Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan as british ballet choreographers didn't really make it to Neoclassical ballet. and went from modern ballet to classical (Russian) and is almost reached Post-structuralist ballet (ashley page)
I would therefore suggest that Ashton and MacMillan are removed from this page.
Any ballet utilizing traditional ballet vocabulary created after Apollo can be considered neoclassical. this is not strictly true, a ballet is classed according to content and the choreographic process. it also does not allow for Post-structuralist ballet (William Forsyth)' also neoclassical ballet e x t e n d s the tradition ballet vocabulary can convention with is hyper extended lines etc and technical virtuosity above 'drama' and 'acting' also returned to the cult of the ballerina as male dancers slipped out of the limelight again.
how about neoclassical ballet dancers?
Ohka- 01:56, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with main ballet article
I'd like to merge this article with the main ballet article. Unless I hear an objection I will do so. Slhogan94 19:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC) Yes please! Sparafucil 11:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
- No, don't... Maybe merge it with Contemporary though? They are really close to being the same thing, and it would make both of them long enough to be an article, not a stub. TheBallerinaDoll 02:53, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
- Please do not! Neoclassical and contemporary are very different styles. They belong separated!!! I would know. I have studied both styles of dance and they are very different!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.161.75.248 (talk) 06:30, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- do not merge 3 different things also no rationale presented by proponent of most recent tagging. Paul foord (talk) 07:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Frederick Ashton
I don't know who has decided that Frederick Ashton is a neoclassical choreographer, because the man would spit at the term. Nearly all of Ashton's work is well withing the field of Classical ballet and including him in this list is just highlighting what a stupid idea it is to try and split off different types of ballet. Classical Ballet is the foundation of all ballet and anything that developped from it should be dealt with completely seperately, not having two pages supposedly about ballet, randomly floating off into nowhere making grandiose statements about the work of particular choreographers. Sir Fred was NOT a neo-classical choreographer, so I think a few people need to use their brains about the whole ballet issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazy-dancing (talk • contribs) 20:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
