chapter 5 video questions Flashcards
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What does being a classic imply?
When a form of an art movement is attractive to an audience from generation to generation across centuries, it is called a classic.
What differentiates the way ballet and kabuki were developed?
Kabuki was started from the streets and pleasure quarters of the 17th century in Japan, while ballet was developed in the same century by the French court. Both were created by different societies, making the details, such as costumes, stories, and movements, unique when compared to each other.
What are the similarities between ballet and kabuki?
Though the two have many contrasts between them, they also have quite a few similarities, like bringing in audiences for over 300 years and have stories that are rooted in each society’s values, that are established in labyrinthine theaters with many skilled performers and people who transform reality.
How is kabuki described?
Kabuki gives a larger vision than our everyday thoughts by combining the imagined and real world. It is said to be bold and burning energy.
Why do people go to kabuki?
All of the stories are well-known by the public, so people visit the theaters to experience the stories in person and see the performers take on their roles.
What transforms the kabuki theater?
The movement, dialogue, music, and gesture, along with trap doors, revolving stages, and special lighting, all bring the theaters to a new transformation, making every story turn to reality.
What is kabuki ideal for?
It is ideal to feed dreams for people in real life and who need the inspiration that they can get from the acts.
How does ballet evolve, and what does it convey to its audience
In the 17th century, ballet evolved from the court dance in Europe, mostly from the court of Louis XIV. The shaping of its court heritage embodies values from the court, conveying the vision of elegance and decorum to its audience.
The fairies bestow gifts on the baby Aurora. What are the gifts of the yellow and pink fairies?
The yellow fairy embodies generosity, while the yellow one represents lightheartedness, which are both representations of the virtues that are embodied within the character of Aura.
What does Oleg Vinogradov suggest that parents do?
He suggested that parents tell their children as many fairy tales as possible to inspire them to be kind, good, brave, and tender, which is understood through the religion of these tales.
Which of the fairies was not invited to the christening of Aurora? What does she personify?
Carabosse was not invited to the christening, causing her a curse to Aurora that made her prick her fingers on a spindle and die on her sixteenth birthday. The dark side of a fairy tale, an evil.
What are the bases of selection for Kirov Ballet School?
It is open to anyone with the physical resources to get into the competitive school, and students are selected through exams in March that include a proportion measurement of the head to the legs, medical commissions, and then seen by the dance specialist, and primarily based on physical ability.
What elements are the building blocks of ballet?
Each step is clearly defined and named in regards to its attitude and pose, and the dancers are composed such that the element is conveyed through melody and harmony from the music. The language of dance can be learned by every dancer, but they must have the discipline of learning the steps, and then must inherit the expression, mood, and character.
Classify the period in which kabuki developed.
The period was a high-energy, optimistic era, pretty similar to how Japan is in the modern world we know today. A merchant class was increasing the demand for new ways of entertainment, in turn evolving Kabuki from racy streets to performing for the wealthy as the century closed its doors to the rest of the world as they were found in brothels and tea house, es where it gained high respectability in its period of development.
According to kabuki, what was the socially acceptable way of solving a couple’s insurmountable problem?
The only socially acceptable way out of lovers being caught between personal desires and social obligations was suicide. The scene reacting to this has been banned because they are so realistic.
How does one become a kabuki actor?
The majority of the actors were born into a Kabuki family that started performing at a young age. Or one is adopted into a kabuki family.
How are kabuki actors trained?
Most of the actors are trained by their father and were limited ed the time they could go to school to train and perform at the theater. Training was intense and caused the young actors in training to miss lots of their education and childhood games.
What are Larissa Lezhnina’s impressions about working in ballet?
She thought instead of it being about duty, it was about desire and ability instead. It is hard to join a good company because there are so many good, competitive young ballerinas in the community. Dancers must be in good shape and be hard-working working and clever to become a professional
Around what age do ballet dancers’ careers end?
After years of training and hard work, typically, ballet dancers’ careers end around their 40s, and a new young dancer takes their spot because the job is so physically demanding.
How does this differ from kabuki?
Differing from retiring in their 40s like ballet dancers, Kabuki dancers grow as they mature and develop with age. By the time they reach their 70s, they are still recognized and performing efficiently.
What is one of the strongest traditions in kabuki?
The tradition of Tamasaburo as a specialist in female roles, which changed the world of teahouses and stuck around to be strong within the culture. it’s called “Onnagata”.
How does movement in ballet and kabuki differ?
The alignment used in each one is very different, as ballet uses jumps and gets away from the ground using larger, more graceful movements, while in kabuki, they are on the ground as they imagine that they are flying off of it using more step-like motions.
A) Ballet- Often jumps to get away from the ground- seeks to be light, effortless, and soundless; movement is airborne.
B) Kabuki- Physically on the ground, but in imagination, they fly. Weighted, Stillness, effort is not hidden, sounded, small movement close to the floor.
What is the truth in theater?
In the theater truth is that human nature will always stay the same, no matter what is tried to be changed. When the make-believe on stage is believed on both sides – by the actors and by the audiences.
What do kabuki and ballet reflect in their stories?
They both reflect stories and realities of their cultures and morals, along with the goodness of human nature that inspires those in the audience. The stories that are reflected through both Kabuki and ballet are to give the audience a sense of a hopefully changed reality behind each of their natures.
