The "Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda". It's a pageant of the...
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Deems Taylor:
Now we're going to do one of the most famous and popular ballets ever written: the "Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda". It's a pageant of the hours of the day. We see first a group of dancers in costumes to suggest the delicate light of dawn. Then a second group enters dressed to represent the brilliant light of noon day. As these withdraw, a third group enters in costumes that suggest the delicate tones of early evening. Then a last group, all in black, the somber hours of the night. Suddenly, the orchestra bursts into a brilliant finale in which the hours of darkness are overcome by the hours of light. All this takes place in the great hall, with its garden beyond, of the palace of Duke Alvise, a Venetian nobleman.
Deems Taylor:
Now we're going to do one of the most famous and popular ballets ever written: the "Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda". It's a pageant of the hours of the day. We see first a group of dancers in costumes to suggest the delicate light of dawn. Then a second group enters dressed to represent the brilliant light of noon day. As these withdraw, a third group enters in costumes that suggest the delicate tones of early evening. Then a last group, all in black, the somber hours of the night. Suddenly, the orchestra bursts into a brilliant finale in which the hours of darkness are overcome by the hours of light. All this takes place in the great hall, with its garden beyond, of the palace of Duke Alvise, a Venetian nobleman.
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Now we're going to do one of the most famous and popular ballets ever written
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The Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda
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It's a pageant of the hours of the day
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We see first a group of dancers in costumes
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to suggest the delicate light of dawn
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Then a second group enters
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dressed to represent the brilliant light of noon day
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As these withdraw a third group enters
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in costumes that suggest the delicate tones of early evening
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Then a last group all in black the somber hours of the night
Clip duration: 35 seconds
Views: 90
Timestamp in movie: 01h 36m 13s
Uploaded: 10 November, 2022
Genres: animation, family, fantasy
Summary: A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music, ranging from the abstract to depictions of mythology and fantasy, and settings including the prehistoric, supernatural and sacred.
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