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BLANK is a contemporary dance style that combines ballet and jazz techniques with emotional expression. It emphasizes fluidity, grace, and storytelling through movement
Lyrical Dance
Lyrical dance emerged in the late 20th century as a response to the rigidness of traditional ballet. Influenced by pioneers like BLANK and BLANK, it aimed to express raw emotions and tell stories through dance.
Martha Graham and Lester Horton
Blank was a highly influential American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Considered the PIONEER OF MODERN DANCE, she developed a unique movement vocabulary and choreographic style
Martha Graham
BLANK was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He developed the Horton Technique, a modern dance technique emphasizing strong, fluid movements and a codified approach to dance education
Lester Horton
What are the Characteristics of Lyrical Dance
Emotional Connection
Storytelling
Fluidity and Grace
Musicality
BLANK plays a vital role in lyrical dance. Songs with meaningful lyrics and melodic qualities are
chosen to enhance the emotional impact of the
choreography
MUSIC
What are the Benefits of Lyrical Dance
Physical fitness
Emotional Expression
Artistic Growth
is a type of performance dance that
originated during the Italian Renaissance
in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of
dance with its own vocabulary
Ballet
Who was the first ballet person?
La fontaine, also called Mlle de Lafontaine
The leotard was created in 19th century by French acrobat blank
Jules Léotard.
Types of ballets
Story Ballets (Tell a story Ex. Nut cracker and Sleeping Beauty)
Plotless Ballets (no storyline)
Classical Ballets
Neo-classical Ballets
Contemporary Ballet (is influenced by modern dance)
Blank is a word that means to bend and is
used to describe the bending of the
knees and ankles
Plie
Blank means to stretch and describes the stretching of the toe, ankle, and knee, which then
results in a straight leg from hip to pointed toe.
Etendre
Blank is stretching exercises that are typically
performed after pliés and are critical to building foot and leg strength
Tendu
Blank means to glide and describes the sliding
movement of the feet across the ground.
Glisser
blank means to rise and describes the lifting
of the heel off the ground to balance on the
balls of the feet. Women may also rise to the
tips of their toes if they are in pointe shoes
Releve
blank means to jump and is the natural next
progression from the relevé. The dancer
starts in plié and pushes up into the air
Saute
Blank means to turn around and describes
any turning of the body. You can turn in
place, across the floor, or in the air
Tourne
Blank means to dart and refers to
movements done in a darting manner.
Elancer
