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'''Virginia Zucchi''' ([[Parma]], 10 February 1849 – [[Nice]], 12 October 1933) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[dancer]]. Her career as a [[ballerina]] spanned from 1864 to 1898, and she was known as “the Divine Zucchi” or even "the Divine Virginia" for her artistry, expressiveness, and virtuosity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/ashmolean/Bakst/Bakst_entry.html|title=Bakst-Portrait of Virginia Zucchi|first=Isabel|last=Suchanek|accessdate=2009-06-24}}</ref> Perhaps her most lasting legacy is the celebrated ''La Esmeralda pas de six'', which [[Marius Petipa]] created for her to the music of [[Riccardo Drigo]] in 1886. She was a guest artist in Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Naples and Rome. She was a force in introducing Italian technique in Russia. |
'''Virginia Zucchi''' ([[Parma]], 10 February 1849 – [[Nice]], 12 October 1933) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[dancer]]. Her career as a [[ballerina]] spanned from 1864 to 1898, and she was known as “the Divine Zucchi” Taysa Rocha deverá ler esse post em breve or even "the Divine Virginia" for her artistry, expressiveness, and virtuosity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/ashmolean/Bakst/Bakst_entry.html|title=Bakst-Portrait of Virginia Zucchi|first=Isabel|last=Suchanek|accessdate=2009-06-24}}</ref> Perhaps her most lasting legacy is the celebrated ''La Esmeralda pas de six'', which [[Marius Petipa]] created for her to the music of [[Riccardo Drigo]] in 1886. She was a guest artist in Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Naples and Rome. She was a force in introducing Italian technique in Russia. |
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Zucchi studied ballet under Lepri & [[Carlo Blasis]] in Milan,<ref name=kassing>{{cite book|title=History of dance: an interactive arts approach|first=Gayle|last=Kassing|publisher=Human Kinetics|page=145|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7360-6035-6}}</ref> She made her debut in 1864 in [[Varese]] and danced throughout Italy, as well as in [[Berlin]] and [[Paris]]. In 1885, she went to [[St. Petersburg]] to dance for the summer at Kin Grust, one of the music theaters that replaced the Imperial Theatre during the summer in St. Petersburg. The Imperial Theatre was the official Russian theatre that was closed during the summer months. In addition to Zucchi's gaining popularity and high public regard from these appearances, upon dancing for the Tzar he insisted that she joined the Maryinsky Theatre in Russia where she danced until 1888.<ref>Guest, 120</ref> During her time with the Imperial she performed in A Trip to the Moon(1885), Padmana in Brahma(1885), Coppelia, as well as many of [[Marius Petipa]]'s ballets and ballet revivals, including [[The Pharaoh's Daughter]] (1885), [[La Fille Mal Gardée]] (1885) [[La Esmeralda (ballet)|La Esmeralda]] (1886), and [[The King's Command or The Pupils of Dupré]] (1887). On one occasion under Petipa, Zucchi performed an entire solo [[en pointe]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of Russian theatre|first=Robert|last=Leach|coauthors=Victor Borovsky|page=189|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1999|isbn=978-0-521-43220-7}}</ref> |
Zucchi studied ballet under Lepri & [[Carlo Blasis]] in Milan,<ref name=kassing>{{cite book|title=History of dance: an interactive arts approach|first=Gayle|last=Kassing|publisher=Human Kinetics|page=145|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7360-6035-6}}</ref> She made her debut in 1864 in [[Varese]] and danced throughout Italy, as well as in [[Berlin]] and [[Paris]]. In 1885, she went to [[St. Petersburg]] to dance for the summer at Kin Grust, one of the music theaters that replaced the Imperial Theatre during the summer in St. Petersburg. The Imperial Theatre was the official Russian theatre that was closed during the summer months. In addition to Zucchi's gaining popularity and high public regard from these appearances, upon dancing for the Tzar he insisted that she joined the Maryinsky Theatre in Russia where she danced until 1888.<ref>Guest, 120</ref> During her time with the Imperial she performed in A Trip to the Moon(1885), Padmana in Brahma(1885), Coppelia, as well as many of [[Marius Petipa]]'s ballets and ballet revivals, including [[The Pharaoh's Daughter]] (1885), [[La Fille Mal Gardée]] (1885) [[La Esmeralda (ballet)|La Esmeralda]] (1886), and [[The King's Command or The Pupils of Dupré]] (1887). On one occasion under Petipa, Zucchi performed an entire solo [[en pointe]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A history of Russian theatre|first=Robert|last=Leach|coauthors=Victor Borovsky|page=189|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1999|isbn=978-0-521-43220-7}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:48, 21 December 2013
Virginia Zucchi (Parma, 10 February 1849 – Nice, 12 October 1933) was an Italian dancer. Her career as a ballerina spanned from 1864 to 1898, and she was known as “the Divine Zucchi” Taysa Rocha deverá ler esse post em breve or even "the Divine Virginia" for her artistry, expressiveness, and virtuosity.[1] Perhaps her most lasting legacy is the celebrated La Esmeralda pas de six, which Marius Petipa created for her to the music of Riccardo Drigo in 1886. She was a guest artist in Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Naples and Rome. She was a force in introducing Italian technique in Russia.
Zucchi studied ballet under Lepri & Carlo Blasis in Milan,[2] She made her debut in 1864 in Varese and danced throughout Italy, as well as in Berlin and Paris. In 1885, she went to St. Petersburg to dance for the summer at Kin Grust, one of the music theaters that replaced the Imperial Theatre during the summer in St. Petersburg. The Imperial Theatre was the official Russian theatre that was closed during the summer months. In addition to Zucchi's gaining popularity and high public regard from these appearances, upon dancing for the Tzar he insisted that she joined the Maryinsky Theatre in Russia where she danced until 1888.[3] During her time with the Imperial she performed in A Trip to the Moon(1885), Padmana in Brahma(1885), Coppelia, as well as many of Marius Petipa's ballets and ballet revivals, including The Pharaoh's Daughter (1885), La Fille Mal Gardée (1885) La Esmeralda (1886), and The King's Command or The Pupils of Dupré (1887). On one occasion under Petipa, Zucchi performed an entire solo en pointe.[4]
Because of the intensity of the dramatic dynamic of her performances, she inspired the formation of Mir iskusstva, or the World of Art. Mir iskusstva was a movement created by Ballets Russes collaborators that included Leon Baskt, Diaghilev, and Alexandre Benois. Together they founded the journal of the same name that, interestingly, was focused more on the visual than the performing arts. In 1917 Baskt even drew a portrait of Zucchi at 68.
Of this period, Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp say:
- "Zucchi revolutionized ballet in Russia. The magic of her presence, the extraordinary emotional power of her performances gripped the imagination of the public and also other artists. Regrettably, she was [then] forbidden the Imperial stages by the Tzar's command because of a liaison with an aristocrat." [5]
After her tenure with the Imperial Ballet came to an end, Zucchi danced in Moscow and St. Petersburg with her own company in the late 1880s and the early 1890s. She also performed in the Palais Garnier (Opera of Paris) in 1895. Her final performance was in Nice in 1898. She also contributed to the development of the St. Petersburg ballet school, and her influence in this led to the school making greater demands of its dancers in terms of technical perfection.[2]
Zucchi later retired to Monte Carlo, where she opened a school & became a teacher.[2] Her dancing influenced many ballerinas after her, including Mathilde Kschessinska. When Kschessinska first saw Zucchi in person, she said:
- "I was fourteen when the famous Virginia Zucchi arrived in St Petersburg. From the day that Zucchi appeared on our stage I began to work with fire, energy and application: my one dream was to emulate her. The result was that when I left the School I already had a complete mastery of technique." [6]
Notes
- ^ Suchanek, Isabel. "Bakst-Portrait of Virginia Zucchi". Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ^ a b c Kassing, Gayle (2007). History of dance: an interactive arts approach. Human Kinetics. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7360-6035-6.
- ^ Guest, 120
- ^ Leach, Robert (1999). A history of Russian theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-521-43220-7.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Clarke, Mary and Crisp, Clement 1981. The history of the dance. Orbit, London. p162
- ^ Scholl, Tim (1994). From Petipa to Balanchine: classical revival and the modernization of ballet. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-09222-7.
References
- Guest, Ivor Forbes (1977). The Divine Virginia: A Biography of Virginia Zucchi. M. Dekker. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-8247-6492-0.
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