Reassessment Optics for Albanian Ballet over the Years 1950-1973

Authors

  • Roberta Ndokaj

Abstract

As a young art elevated to the status of a professional art only in the early 50s, the period of its consolidation from 1950 to 1973 mark an important period for the development of its capital. They include at least seven key moments: a) Establishment of professional ballet troupe and the creation of a new artistic status of choreography in general; b) Putting on stage several important ballets repertoire of well-known world, who served as a training school for young artists; c) Abroad education of many artists in the Soviet Union; d) The creation of national ballets by Albanian authors; e) The establishment of "School of Ballet" and then inclusion as a separate branch of the ballet at the Higher Institute of Arts (1966); f) The preparation and exit of some difficult personalities recurring; g) Support of Russian ballet master for the qualification troupe and staging of a part of the repertoire. Although Albanian ballet, like all other arts, underwent a strict ideological censorship in content and in form, rich in prohibitions, restrictions, and Mutilations of repertoire, it made significant artistic value. This period, first by looking at the present, is revalued in those segments that mark merit that once was criticized as "foreign influences", as they or exceeded the form of solid and the imposed mapping by the canons of realism, or had little presence of ubiquitous propaganda element. On the other hand, excessive estimates for some works of creations made by critics of the time, by today's judgment could not pass the test of truth.

Keywords: choreographer, ballet, history, language arts, dance, dance, master ballet, lexicon, value, body, professional.

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2016-12-13

How to Cite

Ndokaj, R. (2016). Reassessment Optics for Albanian Ballet over the Years 1950-1973. ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies, 4(10), 121–125. Retrieved from https://anglisticum.org.mk/index.php/IJLLIS/article/view/1191

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Vol.4, No.10, October 2015