La Vivandière or Markitenka

La Vivandière (Russian: Markitenka ) is a ballet in one act The choreography was by Arthur Saint- Léon and Fanny Cerrito. The world premiere of the original La Vivandière e il Postiglione titled Ballet was on 26 November 1843 in Rome with a music Enrico Rolland ( Pappacena 2005, p 107) instead. Fanny Cerrito danced the role of the sutler Kathi, Arthur Saint- Léon the postman Hans.

On May 23, 1844 was a revival of the same ballet in London, possibly already with a new music by Cesare Pugni. For the performances from 1844 is generally specified as a composer Pugni. Other revivals of the play under Arthur Saint- Léon even found in 1845, 1846 and 1848 instead of the " Ballet of Her Majesty's Theatre ." 1846 and 1847 were the two in the same ballet under the German title Marketenderin and postilions at the Royal Opera in Berlin. To the Bohemian national dance dance Redova is a stitch (dated June 1844 ) before, which both shows in this dance. A ballet source of Amint Freising is a choreography of this dance, but as a group dance for four couples and not as a pas de deux again.

On 13./25. December 1855 ( Julian / Gregorian calendar ) was held at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg a new production of Jules Perrot entitled Markitenka instead. Maria Surovshchikova - Petipa danced the role of Kate, Jules Perrot Hans.

Another resuming version of Perrot under Marius Petipa took place on 8./20. October 1881 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

Pas de Six de La Vivandière

Arthur Saint- Léon recorded a version of the Pas de Six in his of him as " Sténochorégraphie " designated notation method. What version is listed here does not go exactly from the edition itself out ( music by Pugni? ). The recording of the Pas de Six is located as an attachment in one of his magazine La Sténochorégraphie (Paris 1852), which is dedicated to the Russian Tsar Nicholas I ( facsimile in Pappacena 2005). 1975 this Pas de Six has been reconstructed along with the music of Pugni by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Pierre Lacotte for the Joffrey Ballet. 1978 studied a Lacotte this piece for the Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre, which kept the pieces in the repertoire. The Pas de Six has since been taken up by many ballet companies and is known as La Vivandière Pas de Six or Markitenka Pas de Six known.