r/BALLET • u/Conscious-Tomorrow94 • 5d ago

Trying to find a section of a piece? ZigZag entrance of corps de ballet in all white.

Edit: Answered! Shades entrance from La Bayadere. I completely forgot I had even seen this, so it was definitely a while ago. Thank you!!!

Ok I feel like I'm losing my MIND. I saw both Giselle and Swan Lake in the last few years, as well as Sleeping Beauty and a few others. I remember this really satisfying entrance in one of them; the corps de ballet was entering from a back wing down a ramp in a very slow motif, one at a time in line, then turned and went the other directions forming a bunch of super straight lines. I just love cool geometric choreo like this, but the problem is, I can't remember which show it was, and I can't seem to find it. I feel like I'm losing me ever loving mind rn. I saw all of the shows that are in the running at Philadelphia Ballet (formerly Pennsylvania Ballet, so I don't know if this is an uncommon artistic choice, but I Seriously think it was in Giselle. Perhaps a principle dancer was at the front or corner of the stage somewhere?

Does anyone know what this is??

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u/Upbeat-Future21 5d ago

That's the entrance of the Shades from La Bayadere.

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u/Kyuzil 5d ago

I think la bayadere maybe has the one with the ramp? Swan Lake has a zig zag entrance too with the Swan corps.

Edit: entrance of the shades from la bayadere might be it!

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u/latestnightowl 5d ago

I think you're thinking of La Bayadere where the Shades enter in Act III?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAwoVkZWZ-8

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u/CrookedBanister 5d ago

I'll ask my teacher, I remember her telling us that one of the first ballets she danced in professionally had a corps entrance that sounded like this.