Mime in the Ceccehtti "Method"
Bennett, Toby
Mime in the Ceccehtti "Method" / Toby Bennett; Giannandrea Poesio .-- Edinburgh: : Edinburgh University Press, , 2000
13 p.
Dance Research -- Vol. 18, núm. 1, Summer 2000, p. 31 - 43
RESUMEN: In an 1891 letter to the Director of the Imperial ballet in St. Petersburg, the Italian dance artist Enrico Cecchetti declined the invitation to become repetiteur for the young boys' class, claiming that he was a maestro di perfezionamento, namely a ballet master who coached only professional or semi-professional dancers. Although at the time Cecchetti had little teaching experience, it is clear that he already saw himself continuing in the tradition of Giovanni Lepri. The duty of the maestro di perfezionamento was to refine the already accomplished skills of those who attended his/her classes, hence it was a pre-condition that such a post could only be occupied by an experienced and talented dancer, able to impart the secrets of performance tradition.
Poesio, Giannandrea
Mime in the Ceccehtti "Method" / Toby Bennett; Giannandrea Poesio .-- Edinburgh: : Edinburgh University Press, , 2000
13 p.
Dance Research -- Vol. 18, núm. 1, Summer 2000, p. 31 - 43
RESUMEN: In an 1891 letter to the Director of the Imperial ballet in St. Petersburg, the Italian dance artist Enrico Cecchetti declined the invitation to become repetiteur for the young boys' class, claiming that he was a maestro di perfezionamento, namely a ballet master who coached only professional or semi-professional dancers. Although at the time Cecchetti had little teaching experience, it is clear that he already saw himself continuing in the tradition of Giovanni Lepri. The duty of the maestro di perfezionamento was to refine the already accomplished skills of those who attended his/her classes, hence it was a pre-condition that such a post could only be occupied by an experienced and talented dancer, able to impart the secrets of performance tradition.
Poesio, Giannandrea