Midterm 2 Flashcards
What God did Louis XIV preform as?
Apollo
What happened when Louis XIV stopped dancing
Social Dance continued but theatrical dance stopped
What two innovations did Louis XIV make?
- Royal Academy of Dance
2. Paris opera house
What did the Royal Academy of Dance do?
standardized dance training
Granted licenses for teaching dance
What did the the RAD become?
Became the Royal Academy of Music
How was dance prior to the RAD?
Dance was simpler and less structured
What happened when the Paris Opera House was made?
Theatrical dance moved from the court to a public venue
Who could attend performances in the Paris Opera House
The public
What changes happened due to theatrical dance moving to a public venue?
Form of Ballet choreography changed
Ballet technique changed
How was Ballet form (staging) at court?
Audience sat in balconies or on raised platforms, same level as
performers
Performers came down off stage
What was the ballet form at the Paris Opera House?
Stage was raised above audience
Performers stayed behind proscenium arch
No more Grand Ballet
How did Ballet technique change?
More focus on footwork, lots of jumps and beating of the legs
Leg rotations became more developed
Sideways extension of the leg was introduced
What happened to each kind of dance when ballet technique changed?
Practice of adapting social dance for the stage was reduced
Social dance took its own form
Theatrical dance became more technical.
Who danced in the Baroque dances?
Less nobles
More professional dancers
Men still preformed women roles
3 Forms of Baroque Dance
Comedy
Opera-Ballet
Opera
Comedy Ballets
Each act had a theme but nor story
Situational humour
Who were the characters based off of in Comedy Ballet?
Based off of members of court
Why was this unique? (Characters in Comedy ballet)
Ballet themes were usually based off of Greek myths
What were comedy ballets based off of?
Based off court happenings
What was the opera ballet?
Combination of dancing, opera and spectacle
Held together by a theme
How was the atmosphere in opera ballets
Light hearted
Little bit of comedy
Who re-introduced women in to Ballet
Beauchamps
What was unique about theh Les Indes Galantes
The set was unique, 3-D shaped
Idea of a orchestra pit
Opera
Different from opera-ballet
Singing and drama was more important here
Four styles of Theatrical Dance
- Serious,noble and heroic
- Half-serious, Demi character
- Comic
- Grotesque
Who was protrayed in Serious, noble heroic
Gods,Goddesses, kings, queens and heroes
Dance of the Serious, noble and heroic style
Slow, graceful and dignified
No jumping, no emotions
Cosutmes of the Serious, noble heroic style
Dancers wore masks
Body type of the Serious, noble, heroic style
Tall
Elegant
Thin, not too muscular
Characters of the demi-character style
Cupid
Satyrs
Mercury
Nymphs
Dance of the Half-serious style
Light,fast, lively, lots of jumps and beats
Emotions are portrayed
Body type of Half-serious style
Medium height
Thin but with strong legs
Dance of the comic style
Very theatrical
Non-classical dance
Slap-stick comedy
Body type of comic style
Men: Short and stocky
Women: Curvy, voluptuous
Charcters of the grotesque style
Comic and horrific characters
Demons from hell
Dance of the Grotesque
Extreme exaggeration and contortions, acrobatics; extreme heights in jumps
Grotesque body type
Extremely long legs
Short torso
Tiny waist
Lafontaine
First female; proffessional dancer
What kind of dancer was Lafontaine
Serious, noble dancer
Jean Balone was what kind of dancer?
Serious, noble dancer
What was Jean Balon known for?
His lightness
Vestris
Serious, noble dancer
Maire Salle revolutions
Brought emotion and drama to Serious, noble ballet
Let her hair down
Didn’t want her movement restricted
Marie Camargo
Half-serious, demi-character dancer
What costume changes did Marie Salle bring
Shortened skirt
Took heels off of shoes
What did the skirt of female ballet dancers look like
Wide and flat
What was noted in dance notation
Direction
Space
Feet movements
Floor patterns
Theatrical dance vs. Ballroom dance
Ballroom less skilled and more controlled movements
Noverre’s important contributions
Written theories on dance
Noverre’s reforms
Ballet should be a separate theatre art
No speaking or singing
5 Act ballet established
- Dance should be dramatic. Story told by movement
- Artistic unity
- Ballet is not for showing off your skill
- Dance should be expressive
- Simplified costumes and scenery
Dauberval
Choreographer and dancer
Told about real-life situations
Didelot
His ballet used flying machines
Developed pointe work
Introduced partnering by choreographing first lift of a women by a male dancer
What was emphasized in the Romantic Era
Feelings and emotions
What did Romanticism influence
The arts
Ten primary characteristics of Romantic Ballet
- Romantic ballet appealed directly to the emotions
- New themes for ballet
- Gas lighting
- The Star system
- Female Dominated
- Male was unpopular
- Technical skills
- Costumes change
- Pointe work
- Dance critic
What were themes in Ballet in the Romantic Era
Greek myths to supernatural themes now
Gas lighting
Spotlights highlighted solo performers
Lights could be dimmed
The star system
There was a star performer now
Female Ballerina dominated the stage
Star was female but men controlled behind the scenes
Male dancer was unpopular
Acted as a porter
Supported and partner to ballerina
Development of technical skills
More rigorous ballet training
Strengthening exercises developed
Pointe work
used to portray the unearthly and spiritual qualities
Illustrated her weightlessness
New style of costumes
Became lightweight and flimsy
Shorter
Marie Taglioni
ethereal Romantic ballerina
excelled in fast movements
What did Elssler use her pointe work for
To make noise
Fanny Elssler
Sensuous side of Romanticism
Passionate for folk dance
What is Carlo Blasis responsible for
Rapid development of ballet technique
Trained very hard
