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What God did Louis XIV preform as?

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Apollo

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What happened when Louis XIV stopped dancing

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Social Dance continued but theatrical dance stopped

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What two innovations did Louis XIV make?

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  1. Royal Academy of Dance

2. Paris opera house

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What did the Royal Academy of Dance do?

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standardized dance training

Granted licenses for teaching dance

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What did the the RAD become?

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Became the Royal Academy of Music

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How was dance prior to the RAD?

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Dance was simpler and less structured

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What happened when the Paris Opera House was made?

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Theatrical dance moved from the court to a public venue

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Who could attend performances in the Paris Opera House

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The public

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What changes happened due to theatrical dance moving to a public venue?

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Form of Ballet choreography changed

Ballet technique changed

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How was Ballet form (staging) at court?

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Audience sat in balconies or on raised platforms, same level as
performers

Performers came down off stage

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What was the ballet form at the Paris Opera House?

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Stage was raised above audience

Performers stayed behind proscenium arch

No more Grand Ballet

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How did Ballet technique change?

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More focus on footwork, lots of jumps and beating of the legs

Leg rotations became more developed

Sideways extension of the leg was introduced

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What happened to each kind of dance when ballet technique changed?

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Practice of adapting social dance for the stage was reduced

Social dance took its own form

Theatrical dance became more technical.

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Who danced in the Baroque dances?

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Less nobles

More professional dancers

Men still preformed women roles

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3 Forms of Baroque Dance

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Comedy
Opera-Ballet
Opera

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Comedy Ballets

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Each act had a theme but nor story

Situational humour

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Who were the characters based off of in Comedy Ballet?

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Based off of members of court

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Why was this unique? (Characters in Comedy ballet)

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Ballet themes were usually based off of Greek myths

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What were comedy ballets based off of?

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Based off court happenings

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What was the opera ballet?

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Combination of dancing, opera and spectacle

Held together by a theme

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How was the atmosphere in opera ballets

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Light hearted

Little bit of comedy

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Who re-introduced women in to Ballet

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Beauchamps

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What was unique about theh Les Indes Galantes

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The set was unique, 3-D shaped

Idea of a orchestra pit

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Opera

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Different from opera-ballet

Singing and drama was more important here

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Four styles of Theatrical Dance
1. Serious,noble and heroic 2. Half-serious, Demi character 3. Comic 4. Grotesque
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Who was protrayed in Serious, noble heroic
Gods,Goddesses, kings, queens and heroes
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Dance of the Serious, noble and heroic style
Slow, graceful and dignified No jumping, no emotions
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Cosutmes of the Serious, noble heroic style
Dancers wore masks
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Body type of the Serious, noble, heroic style
Tall Elegant Thin, not too muscular
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Characters of the demi-character style
Cupid Satyrs Mercury Nymphs
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Dance of the Half-serious style
Light,fast, lively, lots of jumps and beats | Emotions are portrayed
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Body type of Half-serious style
Medium height Thin but with strong legs
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Dance of the comic style
Very theatrical Non-classical dance Slap-stick comedy
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Body type of comic style
Men: Short and stocky Women: Curvy, voluptuous
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Charcters of the grotesque style
Comic and horrific characters | Demons from hell
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Dance of the Grotesque
Extreme exaggeration and contortions, acrobatics; extreme heights in jumps
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Grotesque body type
Extremely long legs Short torso Tiny waist
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Lafontaine
First female; proffessional dancer
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What kind of dancer was Lafontaine
Serious, noble dancer
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Jean Balone was what kind of dancer?
Serious, noble dancer
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What was Jean Balon known for?
His lightness
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Vestris
Serious, noble dancer
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Maire Salle revolutions
Brought emotion and drama to Serious, noble ballet Let her hair down Didn't want her movement restricted
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Marie Camargo
Half-serious, demi-character dancer
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What costume changes did Marie Salle bring
Shortened skirt Took heels off of shoes
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What did the skirt of female ballet dancers look like
Wide and flat
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What was noted in dance notation
Direction Space Feet movements Floor patterns
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Theatrical dance vs. Ballroom dance
Ballroom less skilled and more controlled movements
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Noverre's important contributions
Written theories on dance
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Noverre's reforms
Ballet should be a separate theatre art No speaking or singing 5 Act ballet established 2. Dance should be dramatic. Story told by movement 3. Artistic unity 4. Ballet is not for showing off your skill 5. Dance should be expressive 6. Simplified costumes and scenery
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Dauberval
Choreographer and dancer Told about real-life situations
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Didelot
His ballet used flying machines Developed pointe work Introduced partnering by choreographing first lift of a women by a male dancer
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What was emphasized in the Romantic Era
Feelings and emotions
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What did Romanticism influence
The arts
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Ten primary characteristics of Romantic Ballet
1. Romantic ballet appealed directly to the emotions 2. New themes for ballet 3. Gas lighting 4. The Star system 5. Female Dominated 6. Male was unpopular 7. Technical skills 8. Costumes change 9. Pointe work 10. Dance critic
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What were themes in Ballet in the Romantic Era
Greek myths to supernatural themes now
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Gas lighting
Spotlights highlighted solo performers Lights could be dimmed
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The star system
There was a star performer now
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Female Ballerina dominated the stage
Star was female but men controlled behind the scenes
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Male dancer was unpopular
Acted as a porter Supported and partner to ballerina
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Development of technical skills
More rigorous ballet training Strengthening exercises developed
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Pointe work
used to portray the unearthly and spiritual qualities Illustrated her weightlessness
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New style of costumes
Became lightweight and flimsy Shorter
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Marie Taglioni
ethereal Romantic ballerina excelled in fast movements
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What did Elssler use her pointe work for
To make noise
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Fanny Elssler
Sensuous side of Romanticism Passionate for folk dance
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What is Carlo Blasis responsible for
Rapid development of ballet technique Trained very hard

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