Ballet Flashcards
ballet was taken from the Italian word …
Ballare
Ballare means
“to dance”
ballo refers to
dances performed in a ballroom
According to Haskell (1965), it is a combination of the arts of dancing, poetry, music and painting.
Ballet
True or False: The first ballet performers were men.
True
When and where did ballet began
15 cebtury during the Renaissance period in Italy
According to Burian (1963)
It is an artistic, combination of the arts of dancing, poetry, music, and painting
Ballet
It is the essential quality if the ballet dancer
GRACE
True or False: Ballet started as a performance in the royal court were the male servants would execute a movement related to the course they are serving during court dinner
True
He had many contacts with Italy and was able to witness one of the dinner ballets.
French king, Francis I of the House of Valois
Francis 1 successor to the throne
Henry II
Henry II’s wife
Catherine de Medici
French court ballet received its peak under…
Louise XIV (14)
He was called as the magnificent Sun king
Louise XIV (14)
A Frenchman, became one if the most important choreographers and was also associates with the Imperial Theatres for almost sixty years.
Marius Petipa
