Classicism to Modernism Flashcards
What was the romantic period?
> Marie Taglioni (first dander to dance en pointe in Giselle)
Skirts got shorter to show off technique in the legs
Movement influence art, music and ballet
Supernatural
The Russian Period?
> very traditional, and desire to maintain history of past, very little new and innovative choreo
Russia was very proud of being the foremost centre for ballet performing extensive full length works
The Ballet Russes?
> Sergei Diaghilev created a company of choreographers, dancers, artists, musicians, designers to create a collaborative company who travelled Europe and brought dance and theatre across Europe
encouraged choreographers to push boundaries and take artistic risks which made the Ballet Russes work cutting edge at the time
What is modernism?
> The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy and social organisation which reflected the newly emerging industrial work
Is a broad genre of western concert/theatrical dance. Includes dance styles: ballet, folk, social and ethnic
Who are the 4 practitioners of modern dance
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
What is Graham Technique?
> contraction and release of the pelvis
low centre of gravity
emotional inner self
break away from ballet
rejects lightness and flight
accepts pull of gravity
emphasised relationship with the ground
performed in barefoot
movements came from centre of body
falls/recoveries emphasised the use of the ground
group movements were strong and rhythmic
What is Cunningham technique?
> no storyline / narrative
used chance choreography
one of the first to used technology to help with choreo
vast change in direction and decentralisation if the space
centre barre work more like ballet Grahams floor work
strong sense of the spine and it’s capabilities (twists, tilt, arch, curve)
multiple directions, encourages students to avoid focusing on one foot
real focus on rhythm, space and shape
flat, classical footwork
disassociate with other features
- music and dance coexisting time and space only
