Les Éléments

ballet

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costume design

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    In stagecraft: Costume in Baroque opera and ballet

    …Gillot’s designs for the ballet Les Éléments showed a great change in taste. The heavy fabrics and embroideries used by Berain were replaced by lighter, more delicate weights and appliqués. Ladies’ costumes, following the caprices of the contemporary modes, included a pannier. Peasant and rustic characters began to appear and…

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