The dance that precedes the finale of its first act and follows the "Ballad of the Ear of Corn" and the "Variations on a Slavonic Theme" marks the first ever use of a czardas in a ballet.
The dance that precedes the finale of its first act and follows the "Ballad of the Ear of Corn" and the "Variations on a Slavonic Theme" marks the first ever use of a czardas in a ballet. In the corresponding plot action, the Burgomeister leads a dance of couples in the village square while the male protagonist is spurned by his love, who thinks he is in love with the titular woman instead. Act II begins in the shop of a mysterious doctor, who also bears the name of a Tales of Hoffman character, and sees him and the male lead, Franz, being tricked by Swanilda into thinking that the title character has come to life. FTP, name this Leo Delibes ballet about Franz's infatuation with a mechanical doll.
The dance that precedes the finale of its first act and follows the "Ballad of the Ear of Corn" and the "Variations on a Slavonic Theme" marks the first ever use of a czardas in a ballet.
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