La Fille mal gardée facts for kids
La Fille Mal Gardée is a comedy ballet in three scenes. Its title means The Unchaperoned Daughter. The music is by Ferdinand Hérold. The choreography is by Dauberval. It was first performed in Bordeaux, France in 1789. It was then presented at the Grand Theatre in Paris on July 1, 1789. It is the oldest ballet still performed by major ballet companies.
Images for kids
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Pierre-Antoine Baudouin's painting Le reprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère.
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Announcement for the premiere of La Fille mal gardée at the Pantheon, London, 1791.
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Mme. Théodore Dauberval, creator of the role of Lise. Paris, 1761.
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Virginia Zucchi as Lise in Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's revival of La Fille mal gardée, St. Petersburg, 1885.
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Final scene from Act II of the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's revival of La Fille mal gardée, St. Petersburg, 1994.
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Anna Pavlova in "La Fille mal gardée", 1912
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Sarah Lamb (as Lise) and Martin Harvey (as Colas) in the Fanny Elssler pas de deux from Ashton's La Fille mal gardée, London, 2005.
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William Tuckett as the Widow Simone with members of the corps de ballet in the Clog Dance from the Royal Ballet's production of Ashton's La Fille mal gardée, London, 2006.
See also
In Spanish: La fille mal gardée para niños
