Aspects and background of "ballet" transfer in the Taisho era : Focus on the activities of G.V.Rosi

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20779
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05569 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: 0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: YAMADA Sayaka 日本女子大学, 家政学部, 助教 (40825204)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: バレエ / 帝国劇場 / ミュージックホール / ヴァラエティ劇場 / ロンドン / ミラノ・スカラ座 / 浅草オペラ / 歌劇

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the dawn of Japanese ballet in the Taisho period, focusing on Giovanni Vittorio Rosi (1867-1940?), a ballet teacher, choreographer and director who was invited to the Imperial Theatre. The study elucidated, from various perspectives including cultural and social backgrounds, the reality and characteristics of the ballets that Rosi himself had acquired prior to his arrival in Japan, namely those in Italy and Britain from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. It also analyzed the relationship between his stage activities prior to his arrival in Japan and the various ballet practices he developed through his performance activities at the Imperial Theatre and Royal Theatre (Akasaka) during the Taisho period and considered the impact of his practices on the Japanese art and entertainment scene.

Free Research Field

芸術一般、舞踊学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本バレエの黎明と発展は、フランスのロマン主義バレエとロシアのクラシックバレエ、20世紀初頭のバレエリュスを主軸とする発展史とのかかわりの中で語られることが多い。本研究ではG.V.ローシーに着目することによって、彼の基礎を成していた19-20世紀転換期イタリアのバレエ、その影響を受けていた英国のヴァラエティという大衆的な劇場文化とバレエに光を当てた。これによって、日本へのバレエ移入最初期におけるバレエの多様性、異種混交なあり様を示すとともに、近代バレエ発展史ではあまり語られることのない19-20世紀転換期欧州における「バレエ」の多面的な様相を浮かび上がらせた。