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From the ballet sleeping beauty

Blue bird (Princess Florina's story)

If you 're doing ballet, you probably don't know the name and dance of Bluebird.

Although it is a famous dance, it seems that few people know the original story.

The background and story are indispensable when expressing a dance!

Previously, when I danced on stage, I searched the library for a book that was too old and out of print.

Next, translate what was in English , and add a little comment without permission,

I left it on the HP for those who are going to dance Bluebird.

Years later, people who come to look for Florina's story online

There are hundreds of people a year, but with the old HP method, the characters are garbled on smartphones and pads.

I knew I couldn't see it. That's why I will post it here as well.

May it help you in your dance.

A long time ago, a king of a country lost his wife and remarried a woman who was also preceded by her husband.

Cute enough to be called "8 wonders of the world" by the king

I have a daughter named Fiordelisa (translated as Florine).

The origin of the name is similar to the flower goddess "Flora".

The new wife has a former child named Turritella.

The nickname is "Troutonne", and the girl's face is full of freckles and trout.

(Triyut) It was just like that.

I regret that Florine is better than Trutonne in every respect.

There was no day when I couldn't help but try to get Florine down.

However, the kind and wise Florine pretended to be unaware of such harassment.

One day, the King wants to marry his old daughter Florine.

She claims that her daughter, Trutonne, is older, so her turn comes first.

The king is in a state of acquiescence.

And at one point, Charming ... this is Charmant!

The meaning is that it's charming or attractive.

King Charmant has arrived in the kingdom.

The Queen dressed up Trutonne with a dress and jewels she stole from Florine (!)

King Charmant seems to see only Florine.

Despite her intrigue, poor and dirty clothes, Florine's

Beautiful thing!

King Charmant fell in love with him for a while and continued to praise Florine for the next three hours.

I did.

The angry queen locks Florine in a tall tower so that she won't see them while the prince is there.

have done.

And use every hand to send many gifts to the king and marry Trutonne.

However, when he learned that the gift came from Trutonne, the king refused it and refused it.

I get angry that it's because of this monster (that's it ?! ) that I can't see Florine.

Once again, the angry Queen, King Charmant, said, "Keep Florine in the tower until you return!"

said.

King Charmant asks to talk to Florine even a little.

The devious queen is intrigue there.

In the dark, meet Trutonne and Charmant, who pretend to be Florine.

The deceived king, who mistakenly mistaken for Florine, pulled out his ring and put it on Trutonne,

I swear eternal love and promise to get married! !!

Oh ... why am I making a mistake?

No matter how dark it is ...

There is another character there.

(Trutonne's mother and bad fairy) Mozilla.

(In translation, it is Susio.)

Susio tells Trutonne.

"It will be difficult to deceive the king, because he loves Florine."

King Charmant, who learned that he was deceived, refuses the wedding. ( So da so da! )

Susio threatened and said sweet things to get them married somehow,

I keep persuading him for 20 days (!)

"Even if I'm killed and peeled, I'm Florine's. My heart doesn't change."

And King Charmant. ( Good, good )

"Will you continue to be punished for seven years if you have been engaged to Trutonne and did not keep it?

Or will you marry Trutonne? "

The king who stubbornly refused to marry was changed into a blue bird as a punishment.

I will end up.

Yes, the blue bird was really the king ~~

And she told Florine that King Charmant was to marry Trutonne.

Lie and show King Charmant's ring to Florine.

Despaired Florine,

"I only wear mourning clothes, and on the contrary I will die."

I scream and faint.

The lady lied that Florine was crazy and kept her in the tower until she returned to normal.

Let the king of his father allow it.

I see!

King Charmant, who became a blue bird, that his beloved Florine is trapped in the tower

Tell the truth to Florine, who knows, flies and mourns.

When they were happy to meet, it was beyond words.

But this time Florine is worried about the blue bird and can't sleep at night.

"Why don't you get shot by a hunter, or get scared by an eagle or a vulture?"

Speaking of blue birds, counting the days when sin is forgiven and we can marry Florine,

I was looking forward to it, and when I thought about that day, I was going crazy.

No matter what the princess is pleased with, she takes a jewel from her country's palace to Florine.

I will bring it.

That's how I put my jewels into Florine for years

Deliver and comfort the poor princess.

On the other hand, she continues to look for a marriage partner for Trutonne.

Many people refuse.

Well, I have a bad personality. But maybe this mother is the culprit? I think···

A young lady who is cut off by the way she refuses, "I wish Florine."

So when I got angry and went to the tower to bully Florine again,

I found a blue bird and Florine singing together ...

Florine tells the blue bird to open the window and escape.

And I tell you not to come here for a while because it is dangerous.

She sees a lot of jewels and thinks Florine is plotting something wrong.

I felt suspicious and tried to prosecute him for treason.

The blue bird, who had been watching for a long time, stopped him from going anywhere because the princess was worried.

How are the birds? I think

Simply put, I found out that I put a forged document.

After that, the young lady spies on Florine and tries to reveal the secret of the jewel, so

The blue bird cannot approach the tower.

"Oh, I can't even talk to my beloved blue bird anymore.

We were so happy to comfort our misfortune and confirm our affection! "

Tears flow from the eyes of the princess like a waterfall.

How much the blue bird suffered and mourned!

The days I can't meet in this way continue for a month.

At one point, Florine sings when she sees a spy sleeping soundly.

"Bluer than the sky, my little bird, fly here now"

The blue bird flew to the princess to Ichimoku-san.

How joyful it was to meet again!

And when the lookout wakes up, the two have a painful farewell.

In that way, the next day and the next day, we talk about love in total darkness.

On the night of the fourth day, the spy was a beautiful bird in the moonlight, caressing the princess with her feet.

Gently kissing and talking like a lover

And I saw that the princess responded kindly to it.

After hearing the spy's report, the bird must be King Charmant,

I thought that cheeky child was sad, and I was making friends with a ungrateful man!

I'll give you a bloody revenge that will surprise everyone! Is called.

Oh, it ’s terrifying.

The next day, even if Florine sings as usual, the little bird does not come.

What do you mean by a mean woman,

Swords and razor in the cedar tree that birds have stopped, so ordered that lowering Bra nothing this and dagger,

When the blue bird spread its wings to take off, it cut its leg with a sword.

I fell down and cut my wings.

If Florine sees the painful appearance of the king, who is full of injuries, he is dead.

You may have done it!

However, the king who believed that it was Florine who did such a mean trick.

( Why ?! ) suffers.

"To answer my pure love like this. If you want me to die, why say so?

Isn't it? I would be happy to die if you killed me.

Selling me to our enemies, no matter what! "

I'm struck by such a sad idea, and I'm going to die as it is.

Now, King Charmant's best friend, the Wizard, went around the globe eight times in search of the king.

Then he finds a blue bird that is bloody and lying down, and finds out that it is a king.

And I will take King Charmant home.

In the meantime, a few years later, Florine's father died.

When that happens, the people riot to release Florine, who deserves Florine.

Wake up.

At last the people defeated the bad queen.

Trutonne fled to Susio.

Florine, who became the queen of the country, finds King Charmant, and the prince

I will travel alone with the jewels that Florine gave me.

Meanwhile, Susio talks with the wizard of King Charmant's friend's example,

(Fairies and wizards seem to be like brothers)

Until he decides to marry Trutonne instead of returning Charmant to his original form

I was told that I would put Trutonne in the palace.

The king returns to his original wise and beautiful appearance, but he just thought about marrying Trutonne.

But I was horrified, so I was just thinking about extending the day somehow.

In such a place, Florine, who disturbed her hair and disguised herself with a straw hat deeply,

Finally , I'm looking for King Charmant's castle.

Thanks to the four eggs I got from the grandmother I met at the fountain

Overcome various difficulties.

However, in the castle, the story of that Trutonne and Prince Charmant getting married.

"It was because of this marriage that the blue birds stopped coming.

Even though I was suffering so much, I changed my mind

To marry. I misunderstand it again.

Ah, the two in love are always so fond of it that it's misleading like this.

Still, Florine was listening when the king was still in the shape of a little bird.

Make a plan to stay in "Kodama no Ma".

No matter how low the voice is, you can hear the voice up to the king sleeping above.

It's a room .

Sleeping there, Florine came up with the idea of blaming the king for a change of heart.

(This area is not like Florine)

"You abandon me and marry Trutonne.

Why did you forget your promise ?

Have you forgotten that you were turned into a blue bird and my love ? "

Florine continues to talk about the memories between the two.

The king hears the voice clearly.

Memories of love, the appearance of a wonderful lover, and at the same time, memories of a painful farewell,

The pain in my heart was the same as the pain in my body that was cut with a hanging sword.

"Oh, princess, you're the one who treats your lover too much.

I still can't believe selling me to the enemy. "

And the two finally meet again.

When I saw it, I completely forgot about grudges, and I felt like I was rising to heaven, and I couldn't breathe.

Not much.

Ah, that's why I don't want to quarrel between lovers and poke my neck.

No matter how much you quarrel, when you look at your face, you will make up in a blink of an eye.

The misunderstanding finally disappeared, and in the end it was a happy ending.


And the better Fairy (the one who gave me the four eggs) is that bad wizard Susio.

Made it so that they couldn't do anything worse.

Trutonne tried to jam them again, so he was transformed into an owl.

It's gone.

In the translation, it is said that it was changed to a sow that complains, but which one is fine?

And this story is about a marriage and a whim that two people who do not love each other do not want.

Don't get married, even if you get married, it's just an unfortunate chain without love

It seems that the lesson is also written later.

Prince Charmant, who has been in love, is apprehensive.

And Florine, hurray, looking for a loved one with her own feet.

That's why the Grand Pas de Deux of "Bluebird"

A dance full of the joy of strong and gentle love.

Every night with King Charmant, who was transformed into a little bird

I danced while thinking of a scene where we talked at the tower.

May you dance the lovely Princess Florina

We sincerely cheer.

                 Angel 

This story is in the "French Fairy Story" written by Lady Onowa in 1697.

It is included in a collection of fairy tales called "Princess Rosette". (Toyo Bunkasha: Translated by Kuniko Uemura)

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_%28fairy_tale%29

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