Ballet and Modern dance Flashcards
taken from the Italian word ballare, meaning “to dance”, and ballo, referring to “dances performed in a ballroom”
Ballet
In 1915, he performed classical ballet at the Manila Hotel Roof Garden
Paul Nijinsky
paved the way for the introduction of classical ballet in the Philippines
American colonization
In 1972, she came to the Philippines and started a ballet school. She trained the first few ballet dancers in the country.
Luva Adameit
It is very important to do this segment before doing any physical activity because it stretches the muscles before trying the difficult movements
Warm-up
As ballet dancers, you must hold on to the barre to help you maintain balance and correct placement of the body
Barre exercises.
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.
Center work exercises.
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.
Corner drills (grand allegro).
the carriage of the arms; you will gracefully move your arms through a series of positions.
Port de bras
you can be in a pose, a step in adagio (slow movements) or a step in allegro (fast movements) combination.
Arabesque
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.
Sauté arabesque
you will bend your leg raised in front or behind your body. It is openly used as a midway position in sloe unfolding movements.
Attitude
it means “stuffed steps”
Pas de bourrée
it means gliding steps
Glissade
Glissade, Pas de bourrée, Attitude, Sauté arabesque, Arabesque, Port de bras
Center Exercises
done moving across the dance floor
Corner Exercises
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.
Ballet walks
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.
Chassé
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.
Sautés
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.
Jeté
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.
Grand jete
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.
Assemblé
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.
modern dance
The main goal of knowing this characteristic is “to develop an instrument”, which is the human body.
Technique
