Gasparo Angiolini

Gasparo Angiolini, origin. Domenico Maria Angiolo Gasparini ( born February 9, 1731 in Florence, † February 6, 1803 in Milan ) was a dancer, choreographer and theorist.

Angiolini belongs with Jean Georges Noverre of the most important dancers and choreographers of the 18th century. As a dancer, he is likely to have Noverre may be surmounted. For posterity, it is in particular due to his theoretical writings as well as the many written by him ballet scenarios of importance. As a theorist, he fell in comparison to Noverre, who left numerous writings, but rather into oblivion; only recently Angiolini is recognized again in this regard.

Among his most famous works is the ballet Don Juan, which was premiered in 1761 in Vienna and to the Christoph Willibald Gluck composed the music. Meanwhile, it will be listed again occasionally. The same goes for the works of Angiolini as for the ballet compositions in the second half of the 18th century in general: At no ballet this time there is an accurate record of the sequence of steps. A reconstruction of how it is possible for example for the traditional in Beauchamp - Feuillet notation dances of the early 18th century, is excluded. A new staging of this ballet is limited so that, apart from certain well -described scenarios, on general knowledge of step material, costumes and the use of the original music.

Works (selection)

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