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Synopsis:
The original French title for this choreographic comedy in one act was Les Femmes de Bonnes Humeur,
with a libretto and choreography by Leonide Massine. Based on Carlo Goldoni’s play, it tells of a complicated love
affair between Constanza and Rinaldo, who scheme and overcome many obstacles resulting from their parents’ opposition
to their marriage. From this story, Tudor created a simple, though very interesting, solo for Diana Gould called
Constanza’s Lament. Tudor put together a simple pointe piece, in which Constanza is dressed in a wig and an eighteenth
century ballroom dress. The miserable Constanza floats from one part of the stage to the other, seemingly wafting
here and there by the body’s sobbing thrusts.
There is a film of this ballet in the Rambert archives, so potentially it could be revived.
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Domenico Scarlatti
from the Good Humoured Ladies |
| First Performance |
Mercury Theatre
London Ballet Club
February 4 or 11, 1932 |
| Original Cast |
| Diana Gould |
| Notated |
1976 by Murial Topaz
(Labanotation) |
| Average Length |
| NA |
| Costume / Scenery |
| NA |
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