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"Vain Precaution"(fr. La fille mal gardée- in literal translation Poorly looked after daughter listen)) is a ballet in two acts created by the French choreographer Jean Dauberval.

“Vain Precaution” is the only ballet of the classical repertoire that has survived to this day, in which the characters were contemporaries of the viewer of the days of the premiere.

History of creation

According to another version, he was inspired by an etching by Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809) based on a painting by Baudouin depicting a comic everyday scene: an elderly lady is scolding a young girl, and her lover is running away up the attic stairs as fast as he can with pantaloons in his hands.

And there is a version that in the image of the handsome Colin, Jean Dauberval hinted at himself and his own amorous adventures.

Characters and plot

Characters and the plot are given according to the version of the composer L. Herold, translated into Russian, recording by L. Entelis. Initially, according to J. Dauberval's plan, the names of the characters were somewhat different from later editions. So, the main characters were not named Lise (French: Lise) and Colin (French: Colin), but Lison (Lison) and Colas (Colas). And the modern Marcelina was called the widow Ragotte or in later versions - Simone, while her ballet role was always left to male performers.

Characters

Lisa's friends. Peasants and peasant women.

Plot

Marcelina dreams of a profitable arrangement for her beautiful daughter Lisa to marry Nikez, the son of the local rich man Michaud. But the daughter herself has already chosen her beloved - this is the neighbor’s poor peasant guy Kolen. This turn of events does not suit the mother seeking material well-being at all, and she does not take her eyes off her daughter, preventing her from dating Colin. But the agile poor man is not going to betray his beloved. He sneaks into the closet of the house where Marcelina and Lisa live and hides in a haystack. And Marcelina, knowing nothing about Colin’s treachery, conceived her own treachery: so that her daughter would not run away to her impoverished lover at an inappropriate moment, she locks her in the closet - the same one where Colin hid. She herself is actively preparing for the upcoming wedding of her rebellious daughter, and only when everyone is gathered in the house: the notary, the rich man Michaud, his son fiancé Nicaise, the peasant guests, she solemnly releases the prisoner-daughter from the closet. But before the eyes of those present, two people appear - lovers Liza and Colin, and in what form!.. Marcelina’s plans for material well-being not destined to come true - the unfortunate mother, who had thought everything over so carefully and taken all precautions, has no choice but to agree to the marriage of Lisa and Colin.

Premiere

• July 1, 1789 - Bordeaux, Grand Musical Theater; called Le Ballet de la paille ou Il n’y a qu’un pas du mal au bien(“The Ballet of Straw, or From Good to Bad is Just One Step”), to a selection of music. The main roles were performed by: Lizon - Marie-Madeleine Crespe, Cola - Eugene Hus, the stern widow mother Ragotta - dancer Francois le Riche.

Productions

J. Dauberval also repeated his invariably popular ballet on other stages. Then the productions began to be resumed by other choreographers. At first, any music to the taste of the directors was used. In 1796, P. Gaveau wrote music for remaking the ballet into a comic opera, and Omer used this music for his production of the ballet. However, Pierre Gaveau's music did not last long. In 1828, composer L. Herold finally endowed the ballet with permanent music. And in 1864 another composer, P. Hertel, made his own musical version. Thus, one piece had two scores at once. The ballet was performed in almost all the world's musical theaters.

The ballet itself was full of frivolous humor and ambiguous allusions. These love scenes were staged differently in different times, depending on generally accepted moral standards, which quickly changed: a haystack was either placed in the middle of the stage as the main scene of action, or chastely removed behind the scenery away from view, and in the foreground the hardworking Lisa - depending on the imagination and knowledge of the director in the field peasant life and his color - feeding real chickens, doing laundry and ironing, spinning, or, sighing sadly, vividly imagining a happy family life with her beloved Colin and the birth of their children - in a word, she did anything but what was not intended according to the script in the hayloft in the arms of her beloved.

Some performances:

From that time on, J. Dauberval's ballet triumphantly walked across European stages.

In the same version, the ballet was staged in Vienna (1794), Marseille (1795), Lyon (1796), Naples (1797).

• September 15, 1837 - Royal Academy of Music and Dance, Paris, revival of the production with music by Louis Herold, but with the addition of a pas de deux, written by E. Leborgne for F. Elsler. First performers: Lisa- F. Elsler; Knee- J. Mazilier.

In the version of music by Louis Herold, the ballet was repeatedly staged on European stages, including in Russia: in St. Petersburg at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theater: November 20, 1848 (edited by C. Didelot, Lisa- F. Elsler; Knee- H. P. Ioganson; Marcelina- J. Perrault) and October 28, 1854 (choreographer J. Perrault, Lisa- Anna Prikhunova) and at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater: February 12, 1845 (choreographer I. N. Nikitin, edited by S. Didelot, Lisa- E. A. Sankovskaya; Knee- I.N. Nikitin) and May 11, 1850 ( Lisa- F. Elsler).

Natalie Bock in the ballet "Vain Precaution". 1987

During its existence since 1789, this ballet attracted the attention of many outstanding choreographers, and the performers of the roles were world-famous ballet stars. But all these productions created, with different music, are firmly based on the very first production by Jean Dauberval.

Notes

Categories:

• Ballets in alphabetical order
• Petipa's ballets
• Gorsky's ballets
• Ballets by Lopukhov
• Ballets of 1789
• Ballets of 1828
• Ballets of 1864

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L. Herold

VAIN PRECAUTION

Ballet in 2 acts, 4 scenes

Libretto by J. Dauberval

Choreographers: D. Avdysh, V. Mogilda

Conductor - A. Leitush.

Artist - folk artist RSFSR and Bashkir ASSR, laureate of the prize named after. S. Yulaeva V. Plekunov.

CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS:

MARTSELINA - V. Kuznetsov, V. Tzaptashvili
LISA - V. Filyanova, E. Shikhova, F. Yakupova
KNEE - A. Ivanov O. Karpovich V Kuznetsov
MISHO - Y. Nadeikin F. Pavlov V. Yakovlev
ALEN - Y. Efimov A. Ivanov A. Mineev
NOTARY - S. Kornilov

Girlfriends, saboteurs, peasants, peasant women - soloists and ballet dancers.

Concertmaster - M. Shostak
Teacher-tutor - L. Ivanova
Head literary part of G. Malbakhov
Head production part - P. Dyumin

Performance technique:

Ch. stage driver - Yu. P. Malinin
Art. stage operator - G. V. Bondarenko
Art. makeup artist - P. V. Remizov
Art. lighting designer - V. N. Zadorozhny
Art. decorative artist - A. I. Bezgin
Art. prop artist - G. M. Atramentova
Senior props manager - E. A. Maslakova
Art. costume designers - L. A. Malinina, G. F. Fezhorenko
Women's suits - E. I. Redina
Men's suits - A. G. Girina
Radio - M. M. Ionov
Shoes - B. I. Kravets

Chief director honorable activities claim Azerbaijan SSR A. T. USUBOV
Chief choreographer honorable activities claim RSFSR V. Ya. TULUPOVA

Price 10 kopecks.

Ohm. region type. 1982 Zak. 792, tier. 5000

"VANE PRECAUTION"

Act I

The greedy farmer Marcelina wants to marry her daughter to the stupid guy Alain, the son of the tax farmer Michaud. But Lisa loves the poor peasant Kolen and does not want to obey her mother.

Lisa's friends and Colin's friends sympathize with them, but cannot help the lovers unite. Marcelina does not take her eyes off her daughter, preventing her from meeting her beloved, forcing her to work around the house, without giving her a moment’s rest.

Field. The peasants are resting. Marcelina, Michaud and Alain appear. They are looking for Lisa. Alain dreams of a wedding, dreams of his happiness with Lisa.

Act II

A room in Marcelina's house. Lisa thinks about her lover. Marcelina tries to distract her from these thoughts by giving lessons good manners, teaching social manners. Finally, tired Marcelina falls asleep. Lisa tries to open the door and run away from the house, but her mother wakes up in time...

Lisa's friends come to see her. Colin secretly sneaks into the house with them. He hides in the closet. Suspecting something was wrong, Marcelina escorts the guests out of the house and leaves herself.

Lisa is alone. She dreams of Knee, of future children. Colin appears. The hearts of the lovers are filled with happiness - they can finally be together. Marcelina's steps are heard. Frightened Lisa hides Colin in her bedroom.

Marcelina brings wedding dress for my daughter. The notary arrives. Michaud and Alain. Now a profitable marriage will be concluded. In order not to show your daughter ahead of time in wedding dress, Marcelina forces Lisa to hide in her room. Alain follows Lisa... The bedroom door opens, and embarrassed Lisa and Colin appear on the threshold. Michaud is indignant. Marcelina's plans collapsed. She has no choice but to agree to her daughter’s marriage to Colin
The peasants run to look at the bride and groom. Lisa and Colin come out of the church. Everyone joyfully congratulates them and asks Marcelina to forgive the lovers.

Marcelina generously forgives the newlyweds, in whose honor a rural holiday begins.

Historical background

In 1789, in France, in Bordeaux, the ballet performance “Vain Precaution” was performed with great success. The music for the ballet was a composite composed of excerpts from works popular at that time: Louis Herold, famous French composer whose operas had global recognition, decided to partially process and write music for this popular ballet. On November 27, 1828, in Paris, on the stage of the Grand Opera, the premiere of the two-act ballet “Vain Precaution” with music by L. Herold took place.

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Fragments of music by Riccardo Drigo, Louis Herold, Cesar Pugni, Georges Bizet were used.
Set restoration artist: Mikhail Sapozhnikov.
The parts are performed by students of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes.

Libretto by Jean Dauberval

“Vain Precaution” is a comedy ballet born more than two hundred years ago! The founder of the comedy ballet genre was the creator of this production, French choreographer Jean Dauberval. His ballet performances featured ordinary people - simple, unpretentious, with habitual vices and everyday problems. This approach was truly innovative for that era, because before ballet stage Only the “heroes of antiquity” or “celestial beings” shone. Characters from the lower social classes have a way to ballet performances was closed!

An interesting fact is that Jean Dauberval did not attract a single composer to write music for the ballet; instead he used folk French motifs. The premiere of the ballet “Vain Precaution” took place in Bordeaux on July 1, 1789. There are various legends about how the plot of this production originated. It was initially believed that Dauberval himself came up with the plot. The second version - I didn’t invent it, but was inspired by a real funny story of a peasant family. There is even a third version - Jean Dauberval somehow caught the eye of Chauffard’s etching based on a painting by the artist Baudouin. The etching depicted a cheerful everyday scene - a young girl, with downcast eyes, listens to her mother's scoldings, and in the background the girl's lover runs away down the stairs, holding his pantaloons in his hands. The boldest legend claims that in the ballet “Vain Precaution” Jean Dauberval shares with the audience the moments of his own love affairs!

In any case, the ballet turned out to be really fun - light, funny, colorful. Literally, the original title of the production is translated as “The Badly Saved Daughter” - due to the cacophony for the Russian ear, the name was changed in domestic theaters. The plot is unpretentious and simple. The young girl Lisa is distinguished by her enchanting beauty, and her mother dreams of marrying her off to a rich groom. However, Lisa already has a lover - a beggar guy, the peasant Kolen. The mother does her best to prevent her daughter from meeting Colin, and in the end she completely locks her in the closet. But neither she nor Lisa know that Colin has already snuck into the closet and does not want to leave his beloved! Meanwhile, the mother is actively preparing for the wedding and gathering guests. And so, when the house is already full and everyone is ready for the ceremonial denouement, the closet is unlocked... and Liza and Kolenny appear before the eyes of those gathered, and in what form! As a result, the mother has nothing left to do but bless the marriage loving friend friend of young people.

“Vain Precaution” is a wonderful ballet, rare in its genre. Tickets for this performance at the Bolshoi Theater are a wonderful opportunity to spend a memorable evening enjoying the classical art of dance and at the same time a playful, funny and comic plot.

P. HERTEL
VAIN PRECAUTION
Ballet in two acts
Libretto by J. DOBERVAL

ABOUT THE BALLET “Vain Precaution”

“Vain Precaution” is the first-born of the classical choreographic heritage. For more than two centuries it has graced the repertoire of many theaters around the world. Created on the eve of the French Revolution of 1789, “Vain Precaution” is closely connected with the philosophy of Rousseau and Diderot. She continued, but in the field of choreography, the innovative quest of Gluck, Mozart, Beaumarchais, and in the genre lyrical comedy, practically, embodied the behests of the great theorist and reformer dance art J. Noverra. In the second half of the 18th century, ballet turned from an entertaining divertine and applied spectacle to opera or drama into an independent art form. It was united by a common theme and range of images with advanced literature, music, and painting. The progressive ideas of the encyclopedists, their struggle for the theater-tribune, for the depiction of reality, were reflected here.
The Greek and Roman characters of the tragic ballets of the leading choreographers of that time - Noverre, Hilferding, Angiolini - were endowed with deep and sincere feelings. Within the framework of traditional classical plots, new features were visible through the shell of popular myths and tales of antiquity. Naturally, in contrast to the naively pastoral performances of court ballet at the beginning of the century, such performances required new expressive means. The cold, sophisticated technique of the pre-Overrian period was replaced by pantomime, a picturesque and emotionally charged gesture. Cold virtuosity was replaced by meaningful and laconic plastic recitative. Noverre argued that any gesture of a dancer-artist is “an arrow fired by the soul.” The transformation of a ballet performance into a meaningful “play with dances”, the development of pantomime and pas d’accion (effective dance), the reform of costumes, scenery, and performing arts - these are Noverre’s main achievements. His endeavors were continued by the French dancer and choreographer Jean Berche Dauberval (1742- 1806). A virtuoso in a semi-characteristic genre, he enjoyed deserved success in comic ballets on the stage of the Paris Academy of Music. His contemporary Beaumarchais wrote with delight about the “masculine beauty of a flexible and graceful body”, “strong movements that excite the soul” that distinguished the art of Dauberval. After completing a brilliant stage career in Paris, he left for Bordeaux, where he began the second, perhaps the most fruitful stage of his work. Dauberval’s productions appeared one after another in a small city theater - “The Deserter” (1784), “Windy Park” (1786). , "Vain Precaution" (1789).
Their ideological and thematic sound, stage situations, plot and entertaining intrigue are close to the French comic opera. “The most perfect image of comic ballet” he called “Vain Precaution” Italian choreographer and teacher K. Blazis. Following the behests of Noverre, Dauberval was the first in the history of ballet to bring his contemporaries onto the stage. His heroes are ordinary people. They live in an environment familiar to the viewer, have fun and are sad, work and dream of happiness, actively defend their right to love, oppose social prejudices and mercantile calculations.
The success of the ballet was also accompanied by the presence of widespread art XVIII centuries of a naive plot about the happy union of young lovers Lisa and Colin, contrary to the desire of Aunt Marcelina to marry Lisa to the son of a rural rich man. The plot perfectly matched the musical score of the play. It is based on famous melodies and songs of that time, excerpts from the works of Haydn, an abundance of folk dances. They were selected and processed by Dauberval himself, and the line of the song “From bad to good, one step...” was even included in the title of the first edition of the ballet (“Ballet of Straw or From bad to good, one step”). Dauberval was called “Moliere of dance” by his student Charles Didelot. “Dauberval’s main quality was the ability to delineate characters... No one knew how to stage, show and play pantomime better than him; everything about him was truthful and deep,” wrote Didelot. Dauberval developed the plot in detail, played with everyday objects, and poeticized the everyday. He created a whole gallery of unique stage portraits. And Doberval endowed each of the heroes with a rich and original dance speech.
Since its inception, “Vain Precaution” has become a real school of performing arts - dancing and acting. During Dauberval’s lifetime, his students performed in the main roles of the ballet, and later famous choreographers XIX century C. Didelot, J. Omer, S. Vigano. They were the ones who transferred the choreographic masterpiece to best scenes Europe - to Vienna, Milan, Madrid.
Despite the general success of the ballet, its democracy and nationality were always alien to the tastes of the leaders of the Paris Opera. Like Nover, Dauberval did not receive recognition in his homeland. Only more than two decades after Dauberville's death, "Vain Precaution" finally appeared on the stage of the presenter musical theater France. In 1828 it was staged by J. Omer in a musical version by L. Herold. The directors preserved the best dance, music and play episodes of the first edition, and independently composed forgotten and new fragments.
However, the ballet did not stay long in the theater's repertoire. And subsequently, repeated attempts to revive the performance did not give the desired result. Alien to the Paris Opera since its inception, the production of the ballet completely disappeared from the repertoire in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The second home of “Vain Precaution” was Russia. It was first shown in 1800 in Moscow and the St. Petersburg Theater by choreographer D. Solomoni under the title “The Deceived Old Woman or Vain Precaution.” In Moscow and St. Petersburg she appeared repeatedly under different names edited by Bernardelli, Didelot, Perrault. Throughout the 19th century, “Vain Precaution” constantly took place in the theater repertoire. Stage history ballet in Russia is associated with the names of wonderful performers, among them the glorified A.S. Pushkin A. Istomina, favorite of Moscow students E. Sankovskaya. The performers of the role of Lisa, the famous F. Elsler, and the Italian V. Zucchi, had great success. Despite the abundance of ballets of the Romantic period at that time, vintage ballet XVIII century still successfully continued his stage life.
In 1863 German composer P. Hertel proposed a third musical edition of the ballet. It was she who served as the starting point for M. Petipa and L. Ivanov in St. Petersburg (1885, 1894), A. Gorsky in Moscow (1905, 1916). These editions of the ballet are based on the Dobervalian concept of solving the performance as a whole. Her dance text has changed - it has been enriched with discoveries and innovations of ballet technique of the 19th century. At the beginning of our century, A. Pavlova, T. Karsavina, S. Fedorova, M. Mordkin shone in “Vain Precaution”. The best performers of the role of Lisa later became E. Geltser, O. Lepeshinskaya, S. Golovkina. In the first post-revolutionary decade (1917-1927), “Vain Precaution” was one of the most popular ballets in the repertoire. Bolshoi Theater. IN last decades Various stage versions of “Vain Precaution” appeared. The English choreographer F. Ashton (1960) and the Russian choreographer O. Vinogradov (1971) turned to an earlier edition of L. Herold’s ballet. In Moscow, “Vain Precaution” was edited by A. Gorsky - P. Hertel, staged in the late 40s by A. Messerer and A. Radunsky. V. MAINIECE

SUMMARY

FIRST ACTION

First picture

Early morning. A young peasant, Kolen, is walking in front of Marcelina's house. He is in love with Lisa, Marcelina’s pupil, and is looking for a meeting with her. but this is not easy to achieve. Marcelina strictly monitors her pupil and protects her from unwanted suitors. Peasants come to the farm to get money for field work. Marcelina, reluctantly paying, hurries to send them quickly, as she is distracted by numerous household concerns. Taking advantage of Marcelina's departure, Colin approaches Lisa, who is not indifferent to him. The lovers, not noticing anyone, dance enthusiastically. Marcelina returns and indignantly disperses them.
The rich man Michaud appears with his stupid son Nicaise, whom he would really like to marry Lisa in order to become related to Marcelina. Marcelina is not delighted with Nicaise, but she is attracted by his father’s wealth and is ready to begin negotiations. Lisa, sensing that her love is in danger, distracts Michaud's attention and takes him away with her. Marcelina and Nicaise hurry after them.

Second picture.

The successful completion of the harvest culminates the harvest festival. Everyone is happy and having fun. In a fit of generosity and joy, Marcelina gives the children new clogs. Marcelina and Michaud, surrounded by happy children, leave. Young people dance enthusiastically and have fun. The young lovers, Lisa and Colin, also dance. The gypsies appear. The fun is in full swing. Suddenly a thunderstorm begins. Everyone runs away. Marcelina and Michaud agree to meet at her house.

SECOND ACT

Third picture.

Marcelina and Lisa return home and sit down at the spinning wheels. The storm has passed. Marcelina goes out to the peasants who have arrived and locks Lisa with a key. Offended Lisa dreams of her beloved. Suddenly she notices Colin hiding. Lisa is embarrassed and asks Colin to leave. But the door is locked, and Colin cannot leave. However, Lisa is not angry for long, and she and Colin exchange handkerchiefs. Marcelina's steps were heard. Lisa pushes Colin into the closet. Marcelina enters and immediately notices someone else’s scarf on Lisa’s neck and wants to punish her. Marcelina forces Lisa to sit in the closet, unaware that Colin is there. Lisa desperately resists, but Marcelina still pushes her into the closet. The head of a notary, a trickster and a scoundrel pokes his head through the door. Michaud, Nicaise, and young people enter with him. The marriage contract is signed. The groom is given the key to the closet. The door opens and... Colin and Lisa appear on the threshold, holding hands. Everyone is confused. Michaud is mortally offended. Marriage contract torn. The lovers throw themselves at Marcelina’s feet, and she blesses them. General delight and rejoicing.

Fourth picture.

Guests gather to congratulate Marcelina and the lovers on the special occasion. Young Lisa and Colin dance with pleasure for the guests. All the characters in the play say goodbye to the audience, thanking them for their attention and participation in the events that played out on stage.