Chevel Shepherd - Little White Church (The Voice Performance)

BACCHANALIA (lat. Bacchanalia - a festival in honor of Bacchus, dr. Roman god of wine and fun) - introductory choreography. a stage, episode or dance in opera and ballet, painting a picture of general intoxication and noisy fun, sometimes reproducing the ancient bacchanalia. V. are performed at a brisk, rapid pace, the character of the music is temperamental, brilliant. Duration and construction of V. can be various. The origin of the V. genre is associated with 12 bacchanals of D. Steibelt for fp. accompanied by tambourine (end of the 18th century), which during the time of the Directory were often used for dancing. improvisations in Parisian salons. L. Cherubini was introduced into V.'s ballet (Achilles on Skyros, 1804). V. are often included in operas (the scene “Grotto of Venus” in “Tannhäuser”, “Walpurgis Night” in “Faust”, ballet episodes in the opera “Samson and Delilah”). Genre V. is presented in USA.music (Raymonda, etc.).