Throwback Thursday and le Comte de
Sissonne
A few steps in ballet are named not for
how they are executed, but for a person – usually a person who excelled in that
particular step or skill (balon, for example). The step sissone is on that is
believed to have been named for a person, a man in the court of Louis XIV.
Sissone is also one of the earliest recorded steps.
“The
dancers in the court of King Louis XIV were not professional dancers as we
think of them today. All noblemen were trained in dance and comportment, and
those who happened to be at Versailles often danced in the ballets put on at
the court. Le Comte de Sissonne was a page
de la grande écurie at the court of Louis XIV so it is highly likely
that he participated in the performances and the training.”
I couldn’t find an illlustration that
portrayed le Comte de Sissone, and little seems to be know about his
association with this common step. But it does appear that it was most likely
named for him.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #256:
“François César de Roucy, le Comte de Sissonne is believed
to be the person sissone was named for."
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― Amin Maalouf, Orígenes
― Amin Maalouf, Orígenes
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