Final Flashcards
(26 cards)
Marry K. Henry II and move to France from Italy
Catherine D’Medici
Orchesographie
art of being a gentleman and turnout
Balthasar Beaujoyeulx
Italian choreographer moved to France by Catherine.
Court Ballet
For nobles, design set, patterns, big halls, 5-6hrs
Court Ballet characteristics
Setting and plot, unified theme, french terms, England Masque
Louis IVX
Sun King who started Academie Royale de Danse
Peirre Beauchamp
create five position in ballet and director Sun King’s school
Proscenium stage
could see feet, separated performer and audience
1700s ballet
ballet of action
Romantic Ballet
emotion, mythological, nature, supernatural
female star attraction
short tutu
Marie Taglioni
Filipo’s daughter and 1st use pointe shoe
Grand Pas De Deux
Man-grand allegro
Women-petite allegro
Climax of ballet
Classical Ballet
1800s
men still supports
technique
Classical Ballet Music
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
Greatest Russian export
Contemporary Ballet
late 1800s/early 1900s
Ballet Russes
Men status and movement improved
Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty
Anna Pavlova
Dying Swan dancer
Dying Swan Choreographer
Mikhail Fokine
George Balanchine
NYC ballet
Master of structure
Neoclassicism score
Neoclassicism
Just body
no costume or scene
American Ballet Theatre
Push come to shove
Modern Dance
rebel against ballet individual expression & technique spine barefoot momentum
Mary Wigman
dark
German expressionistic dance
Martha Graham
Contract and Release
Greek mythological dances
