louis xiv knew exactly what he was doing , culture and amusements were a tool to keep aristocrats from rebelling against him ( as they did when he was young). He was a monarch aware of his importance and wanted to give everyone the spectacle of his greatness. he understood that culture and refinement was a setting for his own reign.
This is how Satan works in an extremely subtle way. Do you know that Apollo, the "god" of the sun, Zeus, etc. etc., all the Greek and Roman "gods" are names of Satan? The temple of Zeus in Pergamum is even mentioned in the Apocalypse as the seat of Satan. Luis XIV was the most deceived king in French history and he destroyed France spiritually. He thought he had become some kind of god, but he became a puppet of Satan and after France killed hundreds of thousands of Protestants - worshippers of the truth and of Christ - France's fate was sealed. She languished until the mason Napoleon and the Revolution razed her. To hell with it. Louis XIV, like his beloved flatterer Lulli, died of a rotten leg - they were broken from top to bottom - just like the self-worshipping human kingdoms - Nabukadnezzar declared in the dream that the prophet Daniel interpreted.
The shot when Louis first emerges onto the stage with the fire all around him is one of the most amazing I've seen in ages. I have to see this film. The combination of brilliant music and such an amazing realisation of 17th century France is not to be missed! Thanks so much for posting this clip.
Exactly! I had the very same thoughts & impressions when I first saw this video here - and I decided that I definitely have to watch this movie. Also, check out some more music by Jean Baptiste Lully. ;) And George Friedich Handel's "Sarabande" (among others) ! ~
Everything is amazing -to-tears in this movie, the acting, the coreographies, the costumes, the music, the script. It is such a joy to see true artists doing their best.
This is how Satan works in an extremely subtle way. Do you know that Apollo, the "god" of the sun, Zeus, etc. etc., all the Greek and Roman "gods" are names of Satan? The temple of Zeus in Pergamum is even mentioned in the Apocalypse as the seat of Satan. Luis XIV was the most deceived king in French history and he destroyed France spiritually. He thought he had become some kind of god, but he became a puppet of Satan and after France killed hundreds of thousands of Protestants - worshippers of the truth and of Christ - France's fate was sealed. She languished until the mason Napoleon and the Revolution razed her. To hell with it. Louis XIV, like his beloved flatterer Lulli, died of a rotten leg - they were broken from top to bottom - just like the self-worshipping human kingdoms - Nabukadnezzar declared in the dream that the prophet Daniel interpreted.
sometimes, i realise that people are completely narrow-minded when they speak of Lully. Yes, Lully is an italian composer and spent all his career in France. That's a fact. Another fact is that stylistically, Lully was a master of french baroque style, completely in opposition with italian opera. that's all.
Many dances in the court performance were made by Pierre Beauchamp, great dancer and private teacher of the sun king. He establish the 5 positions in the classical dance and create a notation writing system for the steps.
I would say also that "Ballet de cour" later evolved to the modern romantic ballet since the ending of the 18th cent to the 19th cent. Louis XIV created the first royal ballet and the first dance school to form professional dancers. I think the movie is brilliant on the recreation of the music, the staging and the choreography - a term that, by the way, was born in France in that era.
2:40 "La Faveur, la Renommée et la Paix viennent se joindre au chœur universel pour célébrer celui qui, de ses rayons divins, fait régner sur la Terre la Vie et la Lumièèère." J'adore :)
I'm not really on to classic music, but this is actually really nice! It's just full of power and just.. beautiful! For anyone who wanna see the movie, it's on RUclips in 14 parts.
Magnificent music and film! Incredible that 27 gave thumbs down, but who knows what planet they are from. I would say, Texas style, "Y'all plumb crazy!". By the way, the US is not the only harbor of ignoramuses. They are, unfortunately, everywhere, in tutto il mondo. Louis XIV was such a great patron of the arts (unfortunately, also that of war). Lully, a genius.
Yes, and bring back Nero while you are at it. Are you daff? Le Roi Soleil was a dangerous and bellicose, narcissistic AUTOCRAT and DESPOT who drained the French treasury with his many abortive adventures abroad and intrigues within.
Wow! Was this the first concert with pyrotechnics? What indulgence. Lois the XIV gets my vote for the world most notorious narcissist yet known. Simply amazing.
It was all carefully calculated. Louis' throne was far from secure. Competing nobles refused to recognize his authority, while his mother and Cardinal Mazarin had no intention of lifting their regency, treating him as a figurehead and witless child. He turned the tables on all of them, appointing qualified men no matter their birth to administrate the government and military. At the right time he announced he was taking over, ruling in his own name and packing off the Cardinal and his mother. He used spectacles like these to build a cult of personality and turned Versailles into a gilded prison for the nobility, keeping them away from their estates and cutting off their power base.
If they think this is comedic, they don't know what the point of the act was: to show to the world that Louis really was all-powerful ruler of France: if he can prance around, dressed as the sun god, then how can anyone question him on more serious affairs? then there's the symbolism: Louis is the sun--the source of light and warmth, and with them, life it self. He is also at the center of the solar system (i.e. France itself). The message is clear: Louis = life and center of France, its ordainer and sustainer of motion (i.e. what France revolves around)., and the planets = the people who depend on him to survive. To understand Louis' various seemingly megalomaniac acts, one has to remember that he had grown up during a civil war which pitted the nobles against his authority; thus his mission as an adult was to consolidate power purely in his hands--to prevent another Fronde. To that end, every means of literary and cultural expression was controlled in Louis' France: paintings, dance, opera, music--everything Noblemen (ad foreign dignitaries) could see. And by and large, he succeeded. He might have been a tyrannical king, but France had never been so powerful since Charlemagne.
Louis XIV was not guillotined. His great-great-grand son Louis XVI was. Louis XIV was a very strong man. He hunted a lot, had an enormous appetite for wars and women. He was also extremely healthy (by 17th century standards). He died stupidely of gangrene, refusing treatment. He was 76 years old. His reign lasted over 72 years, the longest ever recorded. He remains the most powerful and influential monarch ever to inhabit this planet. The guillotine was invented long after he died.
Thanks so much for posting these scenes from the film. They will forever change our attitudes about the performance practices associated with this music and the dance.
I love this movie, but it's clear that none of the actors ever took a lesson in Baroque Dance. In any case, even 30 lessons would not help much. In the 17th and early 18th century, Royalty and upper class children took 4 or more dance lessons a week throughout their childhood and teen-age years in order to achieve the expected level of technique, grace and presence.
Baroque dance experts I have spoke to about this movie would disagree with you, whole-heartedly. Besides, the actors aren't doing most the dancing, they had doubles in for the far shots, all of whom were trained baroque dancers. The close-ups were of the actors. Not quite sure of the reasoning behind your criticisms, nor the reason you made them.
Here are (respectively) the titles of the three pieces: 1-Ouverture: Ballet de la Nuit; 2- Idylle sur la paix: Air pour Madame la Dauphine; 3-Entree d'Apollon (from Les Amants Magnifiques)
C'est Louis XIV qui créa le premier Opéra à Paris qui sera aussi copié par d'autres nations. il en sera d'ailleurs l'étalon .Il etait aussi un très grand mécene des arts et des sciences.
malheureusement pour qui exactement ? :) la probabilité d'avoir une "grande" vie à l'époque ou même juste des souffrances modérées était quelques ordres de grandeur inférieure à ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui…
A remarkable scene. One must be careful not to take the terms "Dance" too literally, at least in the sense that "Dance" means today. For the court of Louis "Danse," "Theatre," "Masque," "Ballet de Coeur," might, to some degree, be interchangeable, or, appear very similar to each other.
I learned recently that the heels of the shoes at this time, fashionable as they, were not very well engineered. They broke easily and all the men had to walk on their toes. It was interesting to see the heels give way at the end of this video. Somebody had done their research.
The movie is loosely based on historical facts, but it is *very* dramatized for a modern audience to enjoy. As for Louis XIV, he wasn't a complete ignorant. He knew what was going on in his kingdom. But in those days, it was considered normal for poor people to work hard and suffer. I must disagree with you when you compare monarchies and dictatorships. They can be totally different regimes. As far as ignoring the "little people's problems", modern democratic leaders do that very well too.
I can’t find this movie anywhere, online or dvd. I wish the people who were posting clips online would post the whole thing, or at least source where they got it
Its called "The King Is Dancing" or as they say it in french "Le Roi Danse" its by the Director Gerard Corbiau. I was just looking up the movie to rent. But there is another movie this director made that seems to be a very cool movie called "Farinelli."
@manuelherrera777 What are you talking about? Lully lived on the court of "Le Roi Soleil" - The Sun King - the greatest King France ever had - Louis the 14th. It's someone up here that asked "where is Marie-Antoinette"? (probably a yank, as always)...
Meneldhil I had not responded to you, you did not understand anything of what I have written. The fact is that the nobles lived in luxury while the poor people starved. Understand the concept?
![⚜ Louis XIV Tribute ⚜ Marche Pour la Cérémonie des Turcs [Jean-Baptiste Lully] Le Roi Soleil](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MVAK9kx6KM0/mqdefault.jpg)
louis xiv knew exactly what he was doing , culture and amusements were a tool to keep aristocrats from rebelling against him ( as they did when he was young). He was a monarch aware of his importance and wanted to give everyone the spectacle of his greatness. he understood that culture and refinement was a setting for his own reign.
Ah, like Netflix during the Pandemic.
This is how Satan works in an extremely subtle way. Do you know that Apollo, the "god" of the sun, Zeus, etc. etc., all the Greek and Roman "gods" are names of Satan? The temple of Zeus in Pergamum is even mentioned in the Apocalypse as the seat of Satan. Luis XIV was the most deceived king in French history and he destroyed France spiritually. He thought he had become some kind of god, but he became a puppet of Satan and after France killed hundreds of thousands of Protestants - worshippers of the truth and of Christ - France's fate was sealed. She languished until the mason Napoleon and the Revolution razed her. To hell with it. Louis XIV, like his beloved flatterer Lulli, died of a rotten leg - they were broken from top to bottom - just like the self-worshipping human kingdoms - Nabukadnezzar declared in the dream that the prophet Daniel interpreted.
A few years ago, my French professor took us to see this film. I can remember seeing the Baller de la Nuit in the theater and being truely awe-struck.
The shot when Louis first emerges onto the stage with the fire all around him is one of the most amazing I've seen in ages. I have to see this film. The combination of brilliant music and such an amazing realisation of 17th century France is not to be missed! Thanks so much for posting this clip.
Exactly! I had the very same thoughts & impressions when I first saw this video here - and I decided that I definitely have to watch this movie.
Also, check out some more music by Jean Baptiste Lully. ;)
And George Friedich Handel's "Sarabande" (among others) ! ~
Everything is amazing -to-tears in this movie, the acting, the coreographies, the costumes, the music, the script. It is such a joy to see true artists doing their best.
This is how Satan works in an extremely subtle way. Do you know that Apollo, the "god" of the sun, Zeus, etc. etc., all the Greek and Roman "gods" are names of Satan? The temple of Zeus in Pergamum is even mentioned in the Apocalypse as the seat of Satan. Luis XIV was the most deceived king in French history and he destroyed France spiritually. He thought he had become some kind of god, but he became a puppet of Satan and after France killed hundreds of thousands of Protestants - worshippers of the truth and of Christ - France's fate was sealed. She languished until the mason Napoleon and the Revolution razed her. To hell with it. Louis XIV, like his beloved flatterer Lulli, died of a rotten leg - they were broken from top to bottom - just like the self-worshipping human kingdoms - Nabukadnezzar declared in the dream that the prophet Daniel interpreted.
And thus the ballet was born.
sometimes, i realise that people are completely narrow-minded when they speak of Lully. Yes, Lully is an italian composer and spent all his career in France. That's a fact. Another fact is that stylistically, Lully was a master of french baroque style, completely in opposition with italian opera. that's all.
Ce ne plus un enfant, Madame. C'est un roi!
Classic!
The best musical of my entire life. This is art!! 🖤
Many dances in the court performance were made by Pierre Beauchamp, great dancer and private teacher of the sun king. He establish the 5 positions in the classical dance and create a notation writing system for the steps.
My ballet teacher said classical ballet began with the Sun King.
I would say also that "Ballet de cour" later evolved to the modern romantic ballet since the ending of the 18th cent to the 19th cent.
Louis XIV created the first royal ballet and the first dance school to form professional dancers. I think the movie is brilliant on the recreation of the music, the staging and the choreography - a term that, by the way, was born in France in that era.
J'adore l'epoque baroque.
Vive la France!
2:40 "La Faveur, la Renommée et la Paix viennent se joindre au chœur universel pour célébrer celui qui, de ses rayons divins, fait régner sur la Terre la Vie et la Lumièèère."
J'adore :)
never thought that baroque music can be so powerful. kudos to the cinematographer.
Every detail had symbolic significance, including the octagonal stage.
These dances have so much beauty and power.
I'm not really on to classic music, but this is actually really nice! It's just full of power and just.. beautiful!
For anyone who wanna see the movie, it's on RUclips in 14 parts.
"C'est plus un enfant madamme - C'est un roi!" Magnifique!
The dances are very powerful. The nuance is incredible.
Oh King Louis XlV, you are eternal.
I ❤ that Louis did Ballet!!! My future son will be doing so as well lol! The best king ever!
Je suis amoureux de cette époque... Notre histoire est magnifique, vive la france !
yes. 4000 rich. the King Court...and 20milion in misery.....REVOLUTION SEEDS
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Magnificent music and film! Incredible that 27 gave thumbs down, but who knows what planet they are from. I would say, Texas style, "Y'all plumb crazy!". By the way, the US is not the only harbor of ignoramuses. They are, unfortunately, everywhere, in tutto il mondo. Louis XIV was such a great patron of the arts (unfortunately, also that of war). Lully, a genius.
One of the best re-creations of the court of Louis XIV of the late 17th century. These guys were as wild as any hip-pop band currently performing.
"Donner la plus belle music du monde au dieu Jupiter maitre de tout l'univers" just wow
"Ce n'est plus un enfant Madame. C'est un Roi"
C'est vrai.
Louis was the supreme One! The Sun of Civilization! The Glory Of Holy France!! Bring him back!!!
Vive Henri Quatre!
acerb45666555 yes he is coming back to reign as one of the kings of the earth in the millennium kingdom of Jesus Christ👏👏
Bring Hollande back!
Yes, and bring back Nero while you are at it. Are you daff? Le Roi Soleil was a dangerous and bellicose, narcissistic AUTOCRAT and DESPOT who drained the French treasury with his many abortive adventures abroad and intrigues within.
You are the SUN
AND I, the Moon.
All that is to be done
Is for me to Laud your Glory...
As the Future turns into HISTORY.
Magimel en Apollon éteincelant de soleil, c'était quelque chose... Magimel as a radiant Apollo was so handsome...
Wow! Was this the first concert with pyrotechnics? What indulgence. Lois the XIV gets my vote for the world most notorious narcissist yet known. Simply amazing.
It was all carefully calculated. Louis' throne was far from secure. Competing nobles refused to recognize his authority, while his mother and Cardinal Mazarin had no intention of lifting their regency, treating him as a figurehead and witless child. He turned the tables on all of them, appointing qualified men no matter their birth to administrate the government and military. At the right time he announced he was taking over, ruling in his own name and packing off the Cardinal and his mother. He used spectacles like these to build a cult of personality and turned Versailles into a gilded prison for the nobility, keeping them away from their estates and cutting off their power base.
@@sidneyfrederickson3941 I have never look at that way! Very interesting. You got some reading about the subject you could suggest?
@@sjorshoeijmans5442 Nancy Mitford's "The Sun King" is a good place to start.
Actually, Donald Trump is the greatest ballet dancer in the history of the world.
@@mikeFolco he and Epstein invented "The Letcher".
I so totally adore Louis' hair
Je n'ai jamais vu ce film... les extraits montrés sont remarquables, j'en ai eu des frissons.
Thank you! it is hard to find cinema this enchanting or this historical, in our nation
See kids? High heels, tights, poofy sleeves, and almost excessive amounts of lace and eye liner can be incredibly manly.
se uno è LE ROI
Sennò fanno ridere
I'll bring it back
Amen.
la musique baroque avec la magnificence de la cour Louis XIV!
le roi dance . love it the louis v 1-3 ballet dancing.
Le Roi Danse - Fantastique!
Wonderful! Magnificent. Merveilleux! Eternal Life to the King! and Lully's music will sound forever in the Heavens!
Benoit magimel eT le roi soleil merveilleuses interprétation
LULLY MUSIC IS LIKE DEEP TECHNO TO ME SO POWERFUL !
My professors teach like this is comedy.. I think it's epic af
Michael Olivares
Then you're smarter than your professor
Michael Olivares what? Comedy? Well, good for you to question it.
If they think this is comedic, they don't know what the point of the act was: to show to the world that Louis really was all-powerful ruler of France: if he can prance around, dressed as the sun god, then how can anyone question him on more serious affairs? then there's the symbolism: Louis is the sun--the source of light and warmth, and with them, life it self. He is also at the center of the solar system (i.e. France itself). The message is clear: Louis = life and center of France, its ordainer and sustainer of motion (i.e. what France revolves around)., and the planets = the people who depend on him to survive.
To understand Louis' various seemingly megalomaniac acts, one has to remember that he had grown up during a civil war which pitted the nobles against his authority; thus his mission as an adult was to consolidate power purely in his hands--to prevent another Fronde. To that end, every means of literary and cultural expression was controlled in Louis' France: paintings, dance, opera, music--everything Noblemen (ad foreign dignitaries) could see.
And by and large, he succeeded. He might have been a tyrannical king, but France had never been so powerful since Charlemagne.
@@Albukhshi indeed. The sun was ascendant until 1866 (end of Napoleon III's reign).
i like watching this clip...makes me wakeup. i watched about 15 times.
Beau ...tout simplement beau le baroque du grand siècle celui du Roi Soleil dans toute sa splendeur
Grande Giambattista Lulli!
superbe !!!
et les costumes/décors sont si beaux !!!
j'ai adoré ce film :)
très très belle symphonie je me réveillerais la nuit pour écouté une si majestueuse musique
Louis XIV was not guillotined. His great-great-grand son Louis XVI was. Louis XIV was a very strong man. He hunted a lot, had an enormous appetite for wars and women. He was also extremely healthy (by 17th century standards). He died stupidely of gangrene, refusing treatment. He was 76 years old. His reign lasted over 72 years, the longest ever recorded. He remains the most powerful and influential monarch ever to inhabit this planet. The guillotine was invented long after he died.
puissance, plaisir, lumière.
I fell for Benoit Magimel in this film........I think he did a great job dancing.
Amazing SUN!
Сияющее Солнце!
BEAUTIFUL ACTING I love French movies
Wow. This film looks amazing, and the music is brilliant too. Thanks so much for posting this!
Thanks so much for posting these scenes from the film. They will forever change our attitudes about the performance practices associated with this music and the dance.
best movie ever!
I love this movie, but it's clear that none of the actors ever took a lesson in Baroque Dance. In any case, even 30 lessons would not help much. In the 17th and early 18th century, Royalty and upper class children took 4 or more dance lessons a week throughout their childhood and teen-age years in order to achieve the expected level of technique, grace and presence.
Baroque dance experts I have spoke to about this movie would disagree with you, whole-heartedly. Besides, the actors aren't doing most the dancing, they had doubles in for the far shots, all of whom were trained baroque dancers. The close-ups were of the actors. Not quite sure of the reasoning behind your criticisms, nor the reason you made them.
I think the actors are great, especially Lully and the actor who plays the king.
Es increíble ver cómo un bailarín puede serlo de una forma tan apasionada y sin sacrificar su masculinidad.
Here are (respectively) the titles of the three pieces: 1-Ouverture: Ballet de la Nuit; 2- Idylle sur la paix: Air pour Madame la Dauphine; 3-Entree d'Apollon (from Les Amants Magnifiques)
L un des plus beaux films d histoire de Louis XIV
How extraordinary! I'd like to see the whole film
Este filme é uma verdadeira obra de arte !!!
Er wäre heute bei den jungen Leuten ein MEGASTAR. Ein wunderbarer Film. He could be a megastar today. Amazing. But it was a terrible century.
Lully est le meilleur.
C'est Louis XIV qui créa le premier Opéra à Paris qui sera aussi copié par d'autres nations. il en sera d'ailleurs l'étalon .Il etait aussi un très grand mécene des arts et des sciences.
Bellissimo
what a movie we never get that in Australia THE SUN KING DANCING WOW
Vive Benoît Magimel^^
C'est le Meilleur et le plus Beau
Anyone knows were I can watch this film? I would really appreciate some help.
Presentacion escenica, y cuerpo de ballet apoteosico.
⚜ Élégance...
Grande époque, on en est loin malheureusement......
malheureusement pour qui exactement ? :) la probabilité d'avoir une "grande" vie à l'époque ou même juste des souffrances modérées était quelques ordres de grandeur inférieure à ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui…
vis ta vie fuck le passé
Ce n'est plus un enfant, Madame ; c'est un roi.
A remarkable scene. One must be careful not to take the terms "Dance" too literally, at least in the sense that "Dance" means today. For the court of Louis "Danse," "Theatre," "Masque," "Ballet de Coeur," might, to some degree, be interchangeable, or, appear very similar to each other.
the second music is awesome.
I learned recently that the heels of the shoes at this time, fashionable as they, were not very well engineered. They broke easily and all the men had to walk on their toes. It was interesting to see the heels give way at the end of this video. Somebody had done their research.
The movie is loosely based on historical facts, but it is *very* dramatized for a modern audience to enjoy. As for Louis XIV, he wasn't a complete ignorant. He knew what was going on in his kingdom. But in those days, it was considered normal for poor people to work hard and suffer. I must disagree with you when you compare monarchies and dictatorships. They can be totally different regimes. As far as ignoring the "little people's problems", modern democratic leaders do that very well too.
C'est magnifique!
magnifiquement!!!!
c'est très bon ça..!
J'adore la voix de l'orateur
Vive la France!
I can’t find this movie anywhere, online or dvd. I wish the people who were posting clips online would post the whole thing, or at least source where they got it
c'est magnifique !
Viva le roi
Quelle musique! magnificence! :o)
j'adore le baroque!
Louis was a real diva!
Thank you so much for uploading! Amazing!
I haven't seen all his films but I think this one was the best Benoit Magimel made........
Vive Le Monarchie !! Vive Le Roi !!
Genial! simplemente....
il faudrait un Louis XIX pour notre pauvre Europe contempa........
Its called "The King Is Dancing" or as they say it in french "Le Roi Danse" its by the Director Gerard Corbiau. I was just looking up the movie to rent. But there is another movie this director made that seems to be a very cool movie called "Farinelli."
just wow
c'est aussi le premier rapprochement qui m'est venu en tête !
@manuelherrera777
What are you talking about? Lully lived on the court of "Le Roi Soleil" - The Sun King - the greatest King France ever had - Louis the 14th.
It's someone up here that asked "where is Marie-Antoinette"? (probably a yank, as always)...
Oh, mon Dieu!
absolutely gorgeous, thanks for the upload!
los franceses pueden sentirse orgullosos de tener en su pasado cosas como lo que muestra el video
Jhon Connor And who can blame they =)
+Jhon Connor (wagratian) The nobility yes, very .... the people a little less.
+Alpha Centaury The nobility wouldn't have done jackshit without the blood and sweat of the common people.
Meneldhil I had not responded to you, you did not understand anything of what I have written.
The fact is that the nobles lived in luxury while the poor people starved. Understand the concept?
Alpha Centaury Like any other country on earth at the time?
SUPERBE!!!IMMENSE RÉUSSITE QUE CE FILM!!!
This needs to be in HD.
Freakin awesome!!
Quel beau film
Genial!!!