Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (ballet)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a non-traditional modern ballet rising from the success of other fairytale ballets such as Cinderella
, Coppélia
, and Alice in Wonderland
.
With the direct correlation between classic fairytale ballets and Walt Disney
animations, Snow White became an idea many ballet companies have adopted into their own original work, pulling from the Disney animation and Disneyland Snow White musical for guidelines.
Scenes in this ballet vary from company to company as this is not a traditional performance piece.
These characters typically include:
Cinderella (Prokofiev)
Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Coppélia
Coppélia
Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...
, and Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (ballet)
Alice in Wonderland is a ballet film with the Prague Chamber Ballet performing to a score by Viktor Kalabis performed by the Czech Philharmonic, based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and the 1951 Disney film....
.
With the direct correlation between classic fairytale ballets and Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
animations, Snow White became an idea many ballet companies have adopted into their own original work, pulling from the Disney animation and Disneyland Snow White musical for guidelines.
Scenes in this ballet vary from company to company as this is not a traditional performance piece.
Characters
Characters in the Snow White ballet typically mimic those in the Disney production in appearance and costume as that is where most inspiration comes from.These characters typically include:
- Snow White
- Queen
- Doctor
- Huntsman
- Seven Dwarfs
- Animals
- Villagers