Johann Peter Constant

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Johann Peter Constant (also Jean Pierre Constant or Jean-Pierre Constant , * 1736 ; † 1806 ) was a dancer, pantomime and machine master who became known primarily in Munich .

Life

Johann Peter Constant came to Munich from The Hague in 1768 when the era of the ballet master Chalandray was coming to an end there. On April 25, 1771, after having passed the probationary period, he was given a permanent position.

Constant was famous as a dancer for his exquisite footwork in English dances, in which hardly anyone in Germany pushed it to him. He was particularly convincing as the performer of the Harlequin . He passed both this role and that of Pierrot masterfully on to the younger generation of dancers.

The Trancart couple came to Munich in the 1770s. Maria Anna Trancart , formerly known as Nency Levier or simply Mademoiselle Nency, danced in Munich, among other things, the nymph in La Ninfa spergiura, proteta per Amore ; her dance partner as satyr was Constant, while her husband Antoine danced the Faun. The financial restrictions to which the Munich Ballet were subject towards the end of the 18th century did not allow the Trancarts to be kept in Munich. It was also not possible to keep the Viganòs in Munich.

Especially under the management of Marius Babo, the ballet seemed doomed to death. After Peter Crux finally contacted the elector directly in order to be able to at least keep his ballet school, an unused fund was found in the estate of the deceased former artistic director. Ballet revived under Crux, among other things Constant, who had apparently had to give up this post in the meantime, became a mime master again. After his death in 1806, his student Adam Schlotthauer continued the tradition.

The "Machiste" Constant is a list of the lighting fixtures in the Residenz Theater at the time of Max III. Thanks to Joseph. It dates from around 1776/1777.

Its technical refinements, especially the change of scenery with airframe and lighting effects, fascinated the audience. The pantomimes he designed were played in Munich decades after his death. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was particularly impressed by The Fool's Egg Girigarikanarimanarischaribari . The music for it came from Franz Anton Dimler . Other well-known pantomimes Constant were Annette and Lubin , Laurette , The Chinese Wedding , The Birth of the Harlequin , The Carnival of Venice , The Happy Beggars , Arlequin and Columbine in Slavery , The Tailor or the Lion or Arlequin the Ridiculous Parrot , The Enchanted Fountain or the simple-minded village squire mentioned , The incidents of Arlequin in the Ore Mountains , Arlequin as a deserter , The Magic Rose , Arlequin the poor man , Vulkan the protector of Arlequin and The three lovers of the cleaning woman .

literature

  • Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 978-3795905248 , passim

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 978-3795905248 , p. 101
  2. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 978-3795905248 , pp. 145 f.
  3. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 978-3795905248 , p. 155
  4. ^ Hans E. Valentin, Erich Valentin, Ekkehardt Nölle, The Wittelsbachers and their Artists in Eight Centuries , Verlag Süddeutsche Zeitung 1983, ISBN 978-3799160858 , p. 275
  5. ↑ Carl-Friedrich Baumann, Light in the Theater. From the Argand lamp to the incandescent lamp headlights , Franz Steiner 1988, ISBN 978-3515052481 , p. 2
  6. ^ Letter to the father, October 11, 1777
  7. ↑ Pia and Pino Mlakar, Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 978-3795905248 , p. 90
personal data
SURNAME Constant, Johann Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Constant, Jean Pierre; Constant, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dancers, mime and machine masters
DATE OF BIRTH 1736
DATE OF DEATH 1806