Teliakovsky was determined to de-throne Petipa from his rank of ballet master and Petipa writes in his memoirs that Teliakovsky would stop at nothing to get rid of him and that he believed it was Teliakovsky's plan to sabotage what was to be his last ballet. Vladimir Teliakovsky, Petipa's bitterest enemy. Prince Serge Volkonsky commissioned Petipa to create the ballet in 1902, but soon afterwards, Volkonsky was forced to resign from his position as director after an incident with the Prima Ballerina, Mathilde Kschessinskaya and instead, The Magic Mirror was staged under the direction of Col. The Magic Mirror was the final ballet to be staged by Petipa and was probably his most controversial. The ballet was premièred on the 22 February 1903 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. The libretto is based on the 1812 fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm and the 1833 poem The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights by Alexander Pushkin. The Magic Mirror ( French: Le Miroir Magique) is a ballet-féerie in four acts and seven scenes, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by Arseny Koreshchenko. Not having the Magic Mirror would not have made the Evil Queen good, but its presence definitely made her much more evil in Snow White.Alexander Pushkin's The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights Her vanity drove her to get rid of the fairest Snow White, but the Magic Mirror massively fueled this vanity and was an enabler in the Evil Queen finding Snow White which she would have been unable to do without the Magic Mirror. However, without the Magic Mirror’s influence, the Queen may not have been driven to commit the evil acts that she did. The Magic Mirror never told the Evil Queen to get rid of Snow White or that she needed to be fairest in the land, it was her own vanity that pushed her towards that. Due to her vanity, jealousy, and actions towards Snow White, it is safe to assume that the Evil Queen has always been evil, and not having the Magic Mirror probably would not have changed that. It is unknown how long the Evil Queen has been in possession of the Magic Mirror old versions of the story say the King gifted it to her, but this is not shown in Disney’s version. The theory places blame on the Magic Mirror and suggests it’s the root cause of the evil committed in Disney's Snow White, the only Princess movie for thirteen years, and implies the Queen may not have been pushed to her plans without the Magic Mirror’s influence on her. The theory suggests these two mirrors are linked and questions the origins of these mirrors, how they were created, or if something evil is trapped inside. The theory also mentions the Magic Mirror in Beauty and the Beast which constantly shows Belle the exact image that will cause her to be endangered or get in trouble. The Evil Magic Mirror theory points out all the original Evil Queen’s actions are caused by the Magic Mirror, it fuels her vanity and jealousy and lets her act out all her plans while remaining in the safety of the castle which the theory refers to as a perfect master plan. The theory also points out the Magic Mirror does not look like an inanimate object which emphasizes the fact it is an imprisoned spirit. The theory about the Magic Mirror being evil explains how, firstly, the Magic Mirror does not look like a good guy and although this may be a broad assumption, Disney illustrate their villains in similar ways, often using green to show someone is evil which is the color of the smoke the Magic Mirror’s face appears with.
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