Vladimir Bourmeister (22 January 1904 – 5 March 1971) was a Sovietchoreographer best known for his choreography of Swan Lake, a ballet dance by Peter Tchaikovsky. Made in 1952, his choreography of the dance, unlike other choreographies at the time, was designed to be closely related to the original dance by Tchaikovsky whilst also being modern. The most recognized change in his choreography to the ballet was adding a prologue that showed Odette being turned into a swan by Rothbart. By the end of Bourmeister's choreography, she gets restored to herself. In the Ballroom scene of the dance, Bourmeister made Odile more like an attractive and respectable girl than a seductive vamp to make Siegreid portraying Odette more realistic. Bourmeister's choreography had been played over by the Stanislavsky orchestra. In 1960 the choreography was adopted by the Paris Opera Ballet.[1][2][3] When he was invited to choreograph The Snow Maiden (mus. Tchaikovsky) for London Festival Ballet in 1961, he became the first Soviet choreographer to work with a Western company.
vladimir, bourmeister, january, 1904, march, 1971, soviet, choreographer, best, known, choreography, swan, lake, ballet, dance, peter, tchaikovsky, made, 1952, choreography, dance, unlike, other, choreographies, time, designed, closely, related, original, danc. Vladimir Bourmeister 22 January 1904 5 March 1971 was a Soviet choreographer best known for his choreography of Swan Lake a ballet dance by Peter Tchaikovsky Made in 1952 his choreography of the dance unlike other choreographies at the time was designed to be closely related to the original dance by Tchaikovsky whilst also being modern The most recognized change in his choreography to the ballet was adding a prologue that showed Odette being turned into a swan by Rothbart By the end of Bourmeister s choreography she gets restored to herself In the Ballroom scene of the dance Bourmeister made Odile more like an attractive and respectable girl than a seductive vamp to make Siegreid portraying Odette more realistic Bourmeister s choreography had been played over by the Stanislavsky orchestra In 1960 the choreography was adopted by the Paris Opera Ballet 1 2 3 When he was invited to choreograph The Snow Maiden mus Tchaikovsky for London Festival Ballet in 1961 he became the first Soviet choreographer to work with a Western company Vladimir BourmeisterBorn 1904 01 22 22 January 1904Vitebsk Russian EmpireDied5 March 1971 1971 03 06 aged 67 Moscow Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet UnionOccupationChoreographerYears active1941 1961Known forChoreography of Swan LakeReferences edit Biography of Vladimir Pavlovoch Bourmeister 1904 1971 dead link Dance A swan to die for Independent Independent 8 January 2002 Retrieved 20 June 2020 Oxford University Press The Oxford Dictionary of Dance Oxford University Press Retrieved 19 March 2016 dead link nbsp nbsp This Soviet biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vladimir Bourmeister amp oldid 1163325371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
