俄罗斯芭蕾舞的正式由来是什么

来听今天的讲解:

A: I've been asked to write a piece about Russian Ballet. and I don't know where ro start! You're interested in dance, any ideas?

有人请我写一篇关于俄罗斯芭蕾舞的文章，可是我不知道从哪儿人手。你对舞蹈感兴趣，有什么好建议吗？

B: Well, actually Russian Ballet isn't Russian at all. It was introduced by foreigner, in the 17th by the second Romanov ruler Tsar Alexis Mikhaijovich.

是这样，实际上俄罗斯芭蕾舞根本不是俄罗斯的。它是17世纪罗曼诺夫王朝第一个统治者亚历克西斯•米哈伊尔沙皇在位时由外国人介绍进来的。

A: OK, for what reason?

噢，他为什么要引进芭蕾舞？

B:He wanted to watch it during his wedding celebrations. Then, Peter the Great took a personal interest in dancing at his court by bringing in western dances and taking part in them himself.

因为他想在自己的结婚庆典上观看芭蕾舞演出。当时，彼得大帝个人对舞蹈很感兴趣，把一些西方的舞蹈引进宫廷，自己还亲自参与。

A: But was that really the formal beginning? I thought it began in a letter written in 1737 to the Empress Anne by the teacher of gymnastics at the Imperial Cadet School. The letter said: "I humbly ask Your Majesty that I shall be given twelve children-six males and six females--to create balletrs and theatre dances".

这真是俄罗斯芭蕾舞的正式由来吗？我还以为它源于1737年皇家军官学校的体操教师写给安妮皇后的一封信，信上谠：“我向陛下恳求，我想要12个孩子,6个男孩和6个女孩，来表演芭蕾剧和和戏剧舞蹈”

B: That's right, and in 1738 the first Russian Ballet School was set up. It was a small school, with just two rooms in the Old Winter Palace.

你说得没错，俄罗斯第一所芭蕾舞学校于1738年成立。这是一所小学校，在旧冬官只有2间教室.

A:Didn't that school go on to become the St. Petersburg Ballet School? Very famous, I think.

是不是那所学校后来成了圣彼得堡芭蕾舞学院？我想，那是一所非常有名的学校。

B: Yes, it did. But the first great period of ballet didn't begin until the 1800s. A Frenchman, Charles-Louis Didelot is considered to be the " father of the Russian ballet. " He put on productions there.

确实是这样。但是，直到1800年，芭蕾舞的第一次辉煌时期才到来。一个名叫查尔斯一路易斯•狄德罗的法国人被认为足“俄罗斯芭蕾舞之父”。他在俄国演出了一系列芭蕾舞作品。

A:After that there were many famous ballerinas! I always dreamed of being a ballerina when I was a child,but I think it was really quite a hard life. I know many died at a young age.

此后，出现了很多著名的芭蕾舞演员，我小时候一直梦想当个芭蕾舞演员，但我觉得这种生活一定很艰苦。我知道很多舞蹈演员在很年轻的时候就死了。

B: Nowadays it's a bit different though. Take Rudolf Nureyev for example, he died when he was in his 50s, much older than some of the early teenage dancers.

不过，现在情况有些不一样了。拿鲁道夫•尤里耶夫为例，他是50多岁去世的，比那些青少年时就去世的舞蹈演员年纪大多了。

A: I think he must be the most famous Russian ballet dancer. He danced with Margot Fonteyn. they were known as "Rudi and Margot".

我想他一定是最著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞演员了。他和玛戈•芳廷配合得很好，以“鲁迪和玛戈”而闻名。

B: Russian influence on ballet continues today, both through visits from Russian companies and the activities of defecing Soviet dancers such as Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, and Mikhail Barishnikov.

通过一些俄罗斯芭蕾舞团的访问和从前苏联叛逃的舞蹈演员的一些活动，俄罗斯对芭蕾舞的影响延续至今，这些演员有鲁道夫•尤里耶夫、纳塔莉亚•玛卡洛娃和麦克黑尔•巴瑞辛尼可大。

A: Yes, Russian ballet is still definitely popular, that's why I'm writing this piece. I think we should go to the ballet and see what it's really about.

是的，俄罗斯芭蕾舞的确很受欢迎，这就是我为什么要写这篇文章的愿因。我觉得我们应该去看看芭蕾舞，真正地去了解一下。