WHAT IS THE BELLE EPOQUE?
Period of the late nineteenth century, mainly the nineties, impregnated by a return of romanticism and hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure.
It is the period between 1870 and 1914 known as "La Belle Epoque" characterized by a feeling optimistic, full of satisfaction, chaired by the elegance and refinement.
It is a period of great scientific achievements, prosperity, reaching utopia conceive that science would solve all world problems.
Among the inventions of this time we can cite the automobile, tire, an airplane, the submarine, electric lamp, the cinema, radio and radioactivity
It is also the peak period of European imperialism in Asia and Africa. The bourgeoisie and the proletariat is enriched with social and economic gains, so that the mixture of classes (aristocracy, bourgeoisie and proletariat) is a fact.
It is also the time of the unconscious discovered by Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), a fact that will influence the arts and sciences of the twentieth century. In the halls listening and dancing Viennese waltzes of Johann Strauss and the Austrian in the Theater an der Wien reveled in the operettas of Franz Lehár). In Paris, he premiered the opera "Manon" by Jules Massenet, and Puccini's opera answered based on the same novel, Manon Lescaut, released on 1 February 1893 at the Teatro Reggio in Turin. In Moscow, reveling in the Russian Ballet (Tchaykovsky). In Paris with the mazurka, the cancan and the popular musical Moulin Rouge.
Certainly Europe was the center of human civilization and the great cities were Berlin, London, Vienna and especially Paris.
In this period a succession of artistic movements such as Impressionism, Fauvism, Symbolism, Cubism, Dadaism, the subrrealismo, futurism, art nouveau architecture, in literature the Parnassianism.
This world of pleasure, progress, crime will end abruptly with the First World War.
BELLE EPOQUE IN CAIRO
This is an enthralling account of a period in Egypt's history now too often forgotten... Cairo's transformation into the Paris of Africa under the auspices of the founder of modern Egypt, Khedive Ismail.
Egypt’s belle époque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail’s Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris.
The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.
Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe’s most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where Verdi’s Aida premiered at the new opera house and glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the splendour was short-lived.
Only a year after the Suez Canal opened, the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive’s excesses plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all but name.
This is a riveting account of an extraordinary moment in the history of both France and Egypt.
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DANCERS IN BELLE EPOQUE
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was an explosion of innovation in dance style characterized by an exploration of freer technique.
Early pioneers of what became known as modern dance include Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman and Ruth St. Denis. The relationship of music to dance serves as the basis for Eurhythmics, devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, which was influential to the development of Modern dance and modern ballet through artists such as Marie Rambert. Eurythmy, developed by Rudolf Steiner and Marie Steiner-von Sivers, combines formal elements reminiscent of traditional dance with the new freer style, and introduced a complex new vocabulary to dance.
In the 1920s, important founders of the new style such as Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey began their work.
Since this time, a wide variety of dance styles have been developed; see Modern dance.odern dance include Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman and Ruth St. Denis.
The relationship of music to dance serves as the basis for Eurhythmics, devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, which was influential to the development of Modern dance and modern ballet through artists such as Marie Rambert. Eurythmy, developed by Rudolf Steiner and Marie Steiner-von Sivers, combines formal elements reminiscent of traditional dance with the new freer style, and introduced a complex new vocabulary to dance.
In the 1920s, important founders of the new style such as Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey began their work.
Since this time, a wide variety of dance styles have been developed; see Modern dance.
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