dance 101
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- What evidence prove that dance was one of the first arts?
- sculptures, carving, and statues
- what where the four main types of religious dances?
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Dances of Imitation
Medicine Dances
Commemorative Dances
Dances for Spiritual Connection - Dances of Imitation were imitation of what
- animals
- what where medicine dance preformed for?
- to restore the health and protect from danger and disease
- Commemorative Dances were often performed to what?
- To celebrate important events
- Dances for Spiritual Connection was used to do what?
- to establish a connection with gods or spirits
- what was the years of the medieval dance call
- the middle ages (400-1400 AD)
- the Renaissance (1400-1700) was called
- the rebirth period
- Catherine De Medici was
- queen of france, also known as the "mother of dance"
- what did Catherine De Medici dance master do in 1581?
- He produce Ballet de la Reine
- Luis XIV was
- King of France, known as the "Sun King" and built the great palace of Versailles
- In 1661 Luis did what
- established a training facility, called the "Academie Royale de la Danse" to attempt to professionalize ballet
- Who was Pierre Beauchamps
- He was Louis' ballet master and director of the Academie
- what is pantomime
- a system of hand gestures used instead of words
- What was Jean Georges Noverre first concept
- Balletic movement should be technically brilliant and should move the audience emotionally.
- What was Noverre second concept
- The plots of ballets should be unified in design, with understandable stories that are centered around the main theme.
- What was Noverre third concept
- The scenery, music, costumes, and the plot should all be unified
- What was Noverre fourth and finale concept
- Pantomime needed to be made simpler and more understandable
- Who was Marie Camargo
- a technician who longed for the freedom of movement allowed male dancers
- Who was Marie Salle
- was interested in more natural movement and created her own choreography
- what happen during the romantic period
- costumes were replaced with tulle and ballets were two acts
- who was Marie Taglioni
- In 1832 her father created La Sylphide for her
- who is Fanny Essler
- excelled in folk dancing
- what did Jules Perrot choreographed
- he choreographed Giselle
- What happen in the The Classical Period
- Ballet activity shift from France to Russia
- what is a tutu and when was it invented
- a short skirt, the classical period
- who is Marius Petipa
- a ballet master from 1858, choreographer the sleeping beauty, cinderella, the nutcracker and swan lake
- what did Peter Tchaikovsky do
- He composed music for sleeping beauty, the nutcracker, and swan lake
- what did Lev Ivanov do
- he co-choreograph swan lake and the nutcraker
- what arised in the mid 1900s
- the contemporary ballet
- who is George Balanchine
- a russian choreographer that created the School American Ballet
- what is the school american ballet called
- the NYC Ballet Company
- what is George Balanchine most loved ballet
- Prodigal Son
- who is Serge Diaghilev
- He the director of the Ballet Russes
- Serge Diaghilev did what
- He gave Vaslav Nijinsky his first opportunity at choreographing
- what did Michel Fokine do
- he performed under Petipa and was Anna Pavlova 1st partner
- what was Michel choreography known as
- the modern ballet
- who replaced Michel Fokine as Diaghilev's choreographer
- Vaslav Nijinsky
- what is Vaslav Nijinsky known for
- he is known for choreography of The Rite of Spring and The Afternoon of a Faun
- Who is Anna Pavlova
- a principal dancer for Russia Imperial Ballet and the Ballet Russes