La valse (The Waltz), poème chorégraphique pour orchestre (a choreographic poem for orchestra), is a work written by Maurice Ravel between February 1919 and 1920; it was first performed on 12 …

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La valse occupies a special place in Ravel’s output in that it contains a chilling social commentary, specifically the portrayal in its final pages of the frenzied death throes of 19th-century imperial society …

Captivated by the moody and mysterious world of Ravel’s La Valse, a young woman waltzes through Balanchine’s surging choreography with tragic results. "We are dancing on the edge of a volcano," …

"La Valse" by Maurice Ravel (1920) is a ballet that captures the essence of a waltz, blending elegance and chaos, reflecting post-World War I Europe's turbulent spirit.

The hazy beginning of La Valse perfectly captures the vision of “clouds” that clear away to reveal the dancing couples. The piece grows in a long crescendo, interrupted and started again, finally carried …

Ravel was intrigued by the disintegration of the waltz form, and envisioned La Valse set in the Imperial Court of Vienna in 1855 (its original title was “Wien”). He called La Valse “a choreographic poem…a …

La Valse only entered the ballet repertoire in November 1928, at the same time as when the composer’s Bolero was composed, upon the initiative of Ida Rubinstein and her productions at the Opéra de Paris.

Jun 23, 2017 · Ravel completely reworked his idea of Wien into what became La valse, which was to have been written under commission from Sergei Diaghilev as a ballet. However, he never produced …