Lesson 1 - Dance Periods Flashcards
a form of art using rhythmic bodily movements expressing ideas and emotions accompanied by
music
Dance
Recite the 7 dance periods in a chronological order
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
GREEK PERIOD
ROMAN PERIOD
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
CLASSIC PERIOD
MODERN PERIOD
a religious practice that involves a practitioner
Shamanism
a religious practitioner who is believed to
interact with a spirit
Shaman
4 purposes of dance in Pre-Historic Period
AS COMMUNICATION
AS HEALING
USED IN CEREMONIES AND RITUALS
METHOD OF EXPRESSION
According to Plato, it is the one that most influence the soul.
Dance
It is divine in its nature and is the gift of the gods. - Plato
Dance
evolved from basic dramatic form which incorporated dance, music, spoken words and costumes.
Greek Dance
Art evidences in Pre-Historic Period
rock and cave writings
drawings and paintings
This is the formation in dances during Pre-Historic Period
Circles around a bonfire while chanting
During this period, women dance for fertility and majority for healing and wishes, mourn for the dead, and celebrate nativities
Pre-Historic Period
Earliest steps in Pre-Historic Period
Stomping, clapping, drumming, tapping
During this period, couple dances- men and women as partners- are not popular
Pre-Historic Period
During this period, there were no costumes, instead there were decorations such as tattoos, feathers, piercings, masks, animal skins, etc.
Pre-Historic Period
Aside from Dionysian, another dance in the Greek period is a religious dance usually performed in funerals and ceremonies with lyre as an instrument.
Apollonian
A Greek dance term wherein dancers dance on top of grapes for wine making.
EPILINIOS
Boys and girls who are couples dance together in a snake like movement.
GERONOS
This dance in the Greek period kind of accepted couple dances but there were still a few physical movement.
GERONOS
A dance used to tell stories through body gestures accompanied by music.
PANTOMIME
This dance introduced pantomime and can be religious
IPORCHIMA
a dance by a bride with her mother in a wedding ceremony
IMENEOS
In this period, dances were performed primarily for entertainment and their own ammusement.
Roman Period
Low class dancers became professionals compared to respected artist when paid
Roman Period
The period of Dance wherein, people from wealthy class do not dance and instead would hire dancers to entertain them.
Roman Period
The period where men and women are allowed to dance together.
Greek Period
Entertainments this period were burlesque, erotic, comic, and frightening.
Roman Period
Period where Pantomime became popular
Roman Period
Dance in this time was NOT sacred, rather, it was a low form of entertainment
Roman Period
The place where the dancers or slaves came from in the Roman Period
Greece
Formation of dances during the Roman Period
Lines; with the leader at the front
Church played a crucial role in this period, and eventually started to accept dancing as part of religious ceremonies.
Medieval Period
The dances of this period where reserved, included dramatic rituals, and did not allow dancing at first unless it was used in churches.
Medieval Period
Different types of dance in Medieval Period
circle dance
court dance
line dance
country dance
Because of the repression, dances like the Egg dance and Scottish dance were eminent in this period.
Medieval Period
2 instruments in Medieval Period
loot and drums
In this period, dance was used for social gatherings, entertainment, and religion.
Renaissance Period
a French chain dance that is believed to come from the French word branler
Branle
- with circle formation
The French word branler means?
to sway
Categories of dances in Renaissance Period
On court: skillful dancers
country dances: for everyone and their entertainment
The birth of ballet was in what period of dance?
Renaissance Period
explanation: ballet was born in this time but it was later on popularized in the classical period
a period characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.
Classical Period
a conventional dance revealing the emotions through poetry or dance drama.
Classical Dance
The period where ballet became popular
Classical Period
“classical ballet”
the period from 20th Century onwards
Modern Period
Social dances and other kinds of dances flourished
Modern Period
ex. ballroom dances
began as free form style lyrical ballet among a community of professional ballet dancers who refused to stop dancing.
Modern Period
Classification of ballet dancing wherein the use of own steps and choreographies are evident
Lyrical or Contemporary Ballet
- precise movements: Classical Ballet
