Age of Enlightenment

Question 1

Louis Pécour

Answer 1

Beauchamp’s successor

Question 2

André Campra

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composer of opera ballet

Question 3

Claude Balon

Answer 3

known for light quality and impressive jumps

Question 4

Francois Prévost

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excelled in lively dance called Passepied. Succeeded subliny

Question 5

Pierre Rameau

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created the opera ballets. a modified version of Beauchamp Feuillet notation

Question 6

Louis Dupré

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first to be nicknamed “god of dance”

Question 7

Camargo

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known for quick lively movement. Mastered the entrechat quatre. Made her mark when a male dancer forgot to enter for his solo and she danced it for him. Lowered the heels and raised her skirts

Question 8

Sallé

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known for her expressiveness. First important female choreographer. Made costume reform in her mime ballet Pygmalion

Question 9

Hilverding

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director of imperial school in st. peterburgs Russia. did away with helmets, masks, tonnelets, and wigs

Question 10

Angiolini

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took charge of Vienna Ballet

Question 11

Gaetan Vestris

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Another god of dance. Excelled in jumps and pirouettes

Question 12

August Vestris

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son of Gaetan. Teacher and passed on great traditions to Jules Perrot, the Petipa Brothers, Auguste Bournonville

Question 13

Maximilien Gardel

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-first dancer to appear at Paris Opera without mask

Question 14

Pierre Gardel

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stayed in control of Paris Opera during the French revolution. Dansomanie was a ballet he staged. It introduced new steps like the arabesque

Question 15

Jean Dauberval

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accepted Noverres theories of the importance of natural gesture and the need to use real life as the inspiration for dance and mime

Question 16

L’Europe Galante

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first opera ballet. Represented live in 4 different countries(France, Spain, Italy, and Turkey)

Question 17

Les Indes Galantes

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famous opera ballet. Marie Salle danced the rose

Question 18

Panniers

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means basket. Worn under skirts

Question 19

Tonnelets

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men skirts

Question 20

What are the characteristics of Opéra-Ballet?

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• Combo of dance and vocal music
• Each act could stand separately
• Lighter themes(not mythological)
• Exotic settings

Question 21

What were the costumes like during this time?

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-lavish, heavy, and elaborate
Women: floor length skirts and panniers
Men: silk stockings,knee britches, tonnelets

Question 22

What were major costume innovations?

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• The dances were lengthened and the skirts shortened

- Marie Salle wore only simple drapery with her hair loose

Question 23

What were some of the ideas put forth in Noverre’s Letters on Dancing and Ballet?

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1. Ballet can be a play without words in which the action could be developed through expressive dance without unnecessary virtuosity
2. Dance could be more dramatic if work in harmony with music
3. Ensemble work should be used more often
4. Movements should be natural and fit the theme
5. Choreographers should be the chief architect of the ballet

Question 24

Why did Noverre’s life end sadly?

Answer 24

Forced to resign from his job at the Paris Opera and lost all of his money and pension during the French revolution

Question 25

Why is Pierre Gardel so important to the Paris Opera?

Answer 25

He managed to stay in control of the paris opera during the French revolution