... can comment itself and come to terms with it's own history, through neo-classicism. This was one of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century, and one that continues today. "Pulcinella" like "Petrouska", was one of those rare theatrical works which, came with all of the ingredients to make it a success. Picasso's neo-commedia dell'arte designs, Massine's choreography, scenario and demi-character style of dancing and the wonderful dancing of Massine, as the eponymous rogue Pulcinella and the delicate femininity, romantic beauty and cordial spontaneity of Karsavina, Pulcinella's mistress; Pimpinella. Every part of the structure declared the restoration of Russian ballet to its full form. With no hint of the classical ballet period, which had dominated the last centuries of ballet and the recent work of the Ballet Russe, there was a lack of nostalgia for the traditional, archaic forms of ballet of leaning polovisians or sinuous sherazades (even if ...

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