Ballet and Modern dance

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taken from the Italian word ballare, meaning “to dance”, and ballo, referring to “dances performed in a ballroom”

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Ballet

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In 1915, he performed classical ballet at the Manila Hotel Roof Garden

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Paul Nijinsky

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paved the way for the introduction of classical ballet in the Philippines

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American colonization

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In 1972, she came to the Philippines and started a ballet school. She trained the first few ballet dancers in the country.

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Luva Adameit

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It is very important to do this segment before doing any physical activity because it stretches the muscles before trying the difficult movements

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Warm-up

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As ballet dancers, you must hold on to the barre to help you maintain balance and correct placement of the body

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Barre exercises.

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After the barre exercises, you will move to the center of the room to do more stretching and relaxing exercises to loosen the back and the muscle in your parts of the body which worked hard in the previous exercises.

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Center work exercises.

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It consists of sequence of steps combining big jumps, leaps, and turns which cover large areas and put the demands on the body’s strength, endurance, and control.

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Corner drills (grand allegro).

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the carriage of the arms; you will gracefully move your arms through a series of positions.

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Port de bras

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you can be in a pose, a step in adagio (slow movements) or a step in allegro (fast movements) combination.

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Arabesque

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arabesque hop; while doing the arabesque position, you can do a complete hop, you will hold the pose in demi-plié, then you will repeat on the other side.

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Sauté arabesque

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you will bend your leg raised in front or behind your body. It is openly used as a midway position in sloe unfolding movements.

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Attitude

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it means “stuffed steps”

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Pas de bourrée

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it means gliding steps

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Glissade

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Glissade, Pas de bourrée, Attitude, Sauté arabesque, Arabesque, Port de bras

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Center Exercises

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done moving across the dance floor

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Corner Exercises

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starting in the first or third position, you will walk through the toes, ball, and then hell of one foot and then the other. Your body is aligned and moves with grace and ease.

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Ballet walks

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It means changing step. Starting in a first or third position, you will shift the weight on the front leg slides along the floor to fourth or second position.

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Chassé

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means “jumps”. Starting in a demi-plié, you will execute a vertical jump into the air and end in starting position. This can be done in all five positions.

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Sautés

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it means “thrown”. You will soar through the air and land as lightly as possible. You will brush the back leg off the floor at a certain height, and push off your other leg, and leap to the other leg.

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Jeté

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it means a big leap. You will run as an approach and brush the front foot forward. Push off the back leg for the air moment, and you will land in demi- plié on the other foot. You will hold the landing briefly, and then you begin the runs for repeating the leap on the other side.

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Grand jete

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means “assembled”. In this jump, your feet are brought together or assembled in the air, with your legs beating together before landing on the ground. It is done in all directions either as small or as a very large jump.

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Assemblé

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describe contemporary dance, meaning its style of dancing where dancers are free to express their feelings through movements without adhering to any rules in dance particularly ballet.

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modern dance

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The main goal of knowing this characteristic is “to develop an instrument”, which is the human body.

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Technique

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This characteristic refers to the spontaneous movement performed by dancers.

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Improvisation

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Modern dance allows choreographic freedom. For instance, you as choreographer, the form in this dance style represents your personal and emotional experiences.

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Choreography

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Choreography, Improvisation, Technique

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Characteristics of Modern Dance

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simply means, walking wherein you will alternate transfer of weight from your one foot to the other.

walk forward;
backward; and
sideward.

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Dance walk

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faster than walk and requires more energy.

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run

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You will begin to walk, and turn out in the fifth position.

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Waltz

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You will step forward light demi-plié and push-off into the air, and will extend your ankles and legs.

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Gallop

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Your emphasis is placed on your gliding action of the leading foot, following foot cuts under, body weight is lifted sharply as this takes place in either through third or fourth position.

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Chassé/Slide