History Manga / LaMagnifiqueGrandeScene

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Cuvie practiced ballet when she was younger, which likely plays a large part in the more realistic focus of the series. She's otherwise supported by a wide array of consultants from the professional ballet industry.

''La Magnifique Grande Scène'' (''Kenrantaru Grande Scène'') is a {{Seinen}} manga by Cuvie focused on ballet with something of a sports twist. It follows Kanade on her quest to become a professional dancer starting from early childhood through to the present.

On their own roads to becoming pros are an assortment of other girls whose paths are closely intertwined with Kanade's: Shouko Itou, a classmate of Kanade's at their dance studio and her closest friend. Sakura Kurisu, daughter of a former professional, taught from an early age on how to be the best. Ema Fujita, blessed with a photographic memory and natural talent, despite her flippant attitude. Rebecca, an uptight Singaporean-British girl who has been attending the Royal Ballet School since childhood. Evelyn Fox, a spirited American girl who idolizes the famed ballerina Abigail Nichols. And Keira Luttinen, an extremely shy Finnish girl who desires to be a great choreographer.

They're joined by a large (though tight) supporting cast of parents, mentors and other dancers.

Noted for it's grounded and largely realistic approach to its subject matter. The monetary cost, role of competitions, realities of what living abroad might entail, and other mundane aspects are all things brought up and emphasized throughout the series. The depiction of ballet is exhaustively researched and depicted helped by the author's own experiences.

Running in ''Champion Red'' since 2013 and licensed in English by e-book publisher MEDIA DO.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Being from Venezuela, the ongoing political and social crisis in that country plays a large part in Andrea's moody and homesick attitude during Kanade's stay in Marseille and a large part of the conflict between the two.

One day Kanade Ariya goes with her mother to a ballet in which her neighbor Risa is performing. Completely entranced by Risa, who seems to have transformed into a real fairy in front of the young girl's eyes, Kanade begs her parents to sign her up for ballet lessons. Armed with a cheerful attitude, a desire to learn everything she can, and the simultaneous support and competition provided by both friends and rivals, Kanade slowly works to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina.

--> '''Shouko (to her father):''': I want to improve alongside my rivals. Is that too naive a thought?

One day Kanade Ariya goes with her mother to a ballet in which her neighbor Risa is performing. Completely entranced by Risa, who seems to have transformed into a real fairy in front of the young girl's eyes, Kanade begs her parents to sign her up for ballet lessons. Armed with a cheerful attitude, a desire to learn everything she can and the simultaneous support and competition provided by both friends and rivals Kanade slowly works to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina.

On their own roads to becoming pros are an assortment of other girls whose paths are closely intertwined with Kanade's: Shouko Itou, a classmate of Kanade's at their dance studio and her closest friend. Sakura Kurisu, daughter of a former professional taught from an early age how to be the best. Ema Fujita, blessed with a photographic memory and natural talent despite her flippant attitude. Rebecca, an uptight Singaporean-British girl who has been attending the Royal Ballet School since childhood. Evelyn Fox, a spirited American girl who idolizes the famed ballerina Abigail Nichols. And Keira Luttinen, an extremely shy Finnish girl who desires to be a great choreographer.

They're joined by a large though tight supporting cast of parents, mentors and other dancers.

Noted for it's grounded and largely realistic approach to its subject matter. The monetary cost, role of competitions, realities of what living abroad might entail and other mundane aspects are all things brought up and emphasized throughout the series. As well the depiction of ballet is exhaustively researched and depicted helped by the author's own experiences.

* {{Engrish}}: Invoked when Kanade (who only has very rudimentary English knowledge to start with) first tries talking English speakers like Garrel or Abby. Though her English gets much better later on and she's able to hold conversations with native speakers, though at times misunderstandings still occur.

* FireForgedFriends: Kanade and her roommates in London. Things are initially rocky, but their experiences together in the competitive Royal Ballet School, and especially working together in the choreography competition, leads to them becoming much closer.

* GameBreakingInjury: Risa suffers one early in the series and retires from dancing soon afterwards. The actual reason for her retirement is much more complex with the injury serving as the last straw. In a way though Risa is grateful as it let her leave before she might grow to hate ballet and led her to find her real passion: costume design.

* ObliviousToLove: ''Nobody'' notices when they're being crushed upon. Not Yamamoto's and Yuuki's on Kanade, not Fritz's on Sakura, and certainly not Rebecca's on Matt (at least at first).

** Kanade and her father enjoy ''a lot'' of shonen genre, such as VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile and Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok, and plenty of DefeatMeansFriendship tropes. She herself acts like a Manga/DragonBall character most times.

* SpoilerCover: Not exactly ''spoiler'' per se, but the chapter covers give snapshots to the main characters' daily lives away from ballet lessons, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whatsapp_image_2023_06_25_at_084143.jpeg most]][[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whatsapp_image_2023_06_25_at_0841452.jpeg often]] showing[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whatsapp_image_2023_06_25_at_1641011.jpeg scenes]][[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whatsapp_image_2023_06_25_at_164101.jpeg of]] them [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proxy_32.jpg hanging]][[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whatsapp_image_2023_06_25_at_1641022.jpeg out]] or [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20230614_133649.jpg casual]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20230614_133546.jpg selfies]]. These weren't included in the main story for some reason.

* DrivenByEnvy: A mild, rare positive example. Kanade is described by Takimoto early on as having an avaricious personality when it comes to other dancers and Kanade is shown frequently being envious of the natural gifts and talents other dancers possess. This is actually a good thing as it means she's far more receptive to teaching methods and in general it manifests as a strong work ethic, constant drive to improve and desire to learn as much about ballet as she can.

* FantasticRacism: It's much better in this generation, but the previous one, when Nobuko and Mrs. Kurisu were still active, it's very rampant. It did start from the more general interpretation of racism, but it soon expanded into palpable ridicule, discrimination, and outright sabotage. Back then, there weren't even any effort in attempting to include Asians into social cliques, as well as intentional ignorance of the cultural difference. This is the main motive for both women to build their studios in Japan, though they went about it in completely opposite ways. For comparison, Japanese girls won YAGP for the last 2 years in a row: Erika Matoba won it the previous year when Sakura and Andrea competed, [[spoiler:then Kanade won it in her year.]]

* SpoilerCover: Not exactly ''spoiler'' per se, but the chapter covers give snapshots to the main characters' daily lives away from ballet lessons, most often showing scenes of them hanging out or [[SelfieFiend casual selfies.]] These weren't included in the main story for some reason.

* ButNotTooForeign: A lot of characters are of mixed blood or backgrounds

* Deuteragonist: There's usually one per arc. Given how much Abby matters in Kanade's life, you can argue she's one for the entire series, as the following examples also have her fingerprints all over them.

* FightingFingerprint: All over the place, given how much ballerinas are in the story and how few the classical choreographies are. Additionally, there's a lot of historical schools who have exclusive rights to some particular productions, meaning if you're dancing or know how to dance an entire ballet, you're likely from that select few schools. In contrast, different choreographers from different eras are immediately distinguishable to the experienced eyes, regardless of who's dancing. Even the same source material is often noted to differ considerably under different hands. For instance, the ''Nutcracker'' Kanade and Sakura learn are considerably different in both technique and storyline.

* FireForgedFriends: Kanade and her roommates in London. Things are initially rocky but their experiences together in the competitive Royal Ballet School and especially working together in the choreography competition leads to them becoming much closer.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: '''Absolutely inverted.''' There's nothing ''but'' hard work for a ballerina to achieve the top level. Talent is important, yes, but the work ethic, grind, and gruelling expectation of oneself must be cultivated as early as possible. There's several characters in the manga who, despite their genius, wasted several years by coasting on their talent alone, abandoning their training half-heartedly.

** YAGP: Akito, following his CharacterDevelopment from being an extreme TheStoic to a... relatively-normal boy.