Classical - Swan Lake, Marius Petipa
1) Emphasis on technical brilliance
2) Shortened tutu
3) Back to support of the monarchy
4) Development of pas de deux
5) Opulent Setting
2) Shortened tutu
3) Back to support of the monarchy
4) Development of pas de deux
5) Opulent Setting
Romantic - La Sylphide, Filippo Taglioni
1) Perfection of Pointe
2) Woman become more important than men
3) Romantic tutu
4) Gas lighting
5) 2 acts, full length ballet
2) Woman become more important than men
3) Romantic tutu
4) Gas lighting
5) 2 acts, full length ballet
Isadora Duncan Influence
Russian Ballet
1) Use of serious music
2) Freer use of the torso
3) Use of simpler steps
4) More expressive movement
5) Less constraining
Modern Dance
1) Expand the concept of what serious dance would be
2) Inspires other to create their own movement vocabulary (outside classical ballet)
3) Inspire women to become choreographer
4) Use of one solo performer
5) Bare feet
1) Use of serious music
2) Freer use of the torso
3) Use of simpler steps
4) More expressive movement
5) Less constraining
Modern Dance
1) Expand the concept of what serious dance would be
2) Inspires other to create their own movement vocabulary (outside classical ballet)
3) Inspire women to become choreographer
4) Use of one solo performer
5) Bare feet
Diaghilev's Ballet Russe
1) Male dancer is important
2) Elements are at its highest
3) Repertory of the Classical Era was spread
4) Spread to the world, ballet
5) Modernized ballet
2) Elements are at its highest
3) Repertory of the Classical Era was spread
4) Spread to the world, ballet
5) Modernized ballet
Dance Terminology
Entreé - introduction or opening of the dance
Supported Adagio - male assists the female for moves she cannot do on her own
Individual variations- dancers show off their skill
Comique de le Reine - first ballet de cour; produced in 1581 by Catherine de Medici (choreographed by Balthazar de Beaujolyeux)
Fall and recovery - bodies natural response to gravity; with the exhalation of the body "falls" giving in to gravity with the inhalation the body lifts or rises opposing gravity
Contraction and release - exhalation of air with the tilt of the pelvic bowl; release; inhalation of air, with the pelvic bowl and back returning to a neutral position (is the basis of the dance technique of Doris Humphrey)
Supported Adagio - male assists the female for moves she cannot do on her own
Individual variations- dancers show off their skill
Comique de le Reine - first ballet de cour; produced in 1581 by Catherine de Medici (choreographed by Balthazar de Beaujolyeux)
Fall and recovery - bodies natural response to gravity; with the exhalation of the body "falls" giving in to gravity with the inhalation the body lifts or rises opposing gravity
Contraction and release - exhalation of air with the tilt of the pelvic bowl; release; inhalation of air, with the pelvic bowl and back returning to a neutral position (is the basis of the dance technique of Doris Humphrey)
Benefits of Chance Dance (Method of "Discovery")
1) Stimulates creativity
2) Helps to escape creative norms
3) Helps to expand artistic choices
The pieces have no story. No meaning. The meaning is derived by the individual interpretation of the viewer.
2) Helps to escape creative norms
3) Helps to expand artistic choices
The pieces have no story. No meaning. The meaning is derived by the individual interpretation of the viewer.