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Midterm 2 Flashcards

1
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What God did Louis XIV preform as?

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Apollo

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2
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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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5
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What did the the RAD become?

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Became the Royal Academy of Music

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6
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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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8
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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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10
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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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11
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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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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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15
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3 Forms of Baroque Dance

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Comedy
Opera-Ballet
Opera

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16
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Comedy Ballets

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Each act had a theme but nor story

Situational humour

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17
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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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18
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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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19
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What were comedy ballets based off of?

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Based off court happenings

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20
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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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21
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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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22
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Who re-introduced women in to Ballet

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Beauchamps

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23
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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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25
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Four styles of Theatrical Dance

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  1. Serious,noble and heroic
  2. Half-serious, Demi character
  3. Comic
  4. Grotesque
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26
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Who was protrayed in Serious, noble heroic

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Gods,Goddesses, kings, queens and heroes

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Dance of the Serious, noble and heroic style

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Slow, graceful and dignified

No jumping, no emotions

28
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Cosutmes of the Serious, noble heroic style

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Dancers wore masks

29
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Body type of the Serious, noble, heroic style

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Tall
Elegant
Thin, not too muscular

30
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Characters of the demi-character style

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Cupid
Satyrs
Mercury
Nymphs

31
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Dance of the Half-serious style

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Light,fast, lively, lots of jumps and beats

Emotions are portrayed

32
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Body type of Half-serious style

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Medium height

Thin but with strong legs

33
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Dance of the comic style

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Very theatrical

Non-classical dance

Slap-stick comedy

34
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Body type of comic style

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Men: Short and stocky

Women: Curvy, voluptuous

35
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Charcters of the grotesque style

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Comic and horrific characters

Demons from hell

36
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Dance of the Grotesque

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Extreme exaggeration and contortions, acrobatics; extreme heights in jumps

37
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Grotesque body type

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Extremely long legs

Short torso

Tiny waist

38
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Lafontaine

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First female; proffessional dancer

39
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What kind of dancer was Lafontaine

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Serious, noble dancer

40
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Jean Balone was what kind of dancer?

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Serious, noble dancer

41
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What was Jean Balon known for?

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His lightness

42
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Vestris

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Serious, noble dancer

43
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Maire Salle revolutions

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Brought emotion and drama to Serious, noble ballet

Let her hair down

Didn’t want her movement restricted

44
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Marie Camargo

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Half-serious, demi-character dancer

45
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What costume changes did Marie Salle bring

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Shortened skirt

Took heels off of shoes

46
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What did the skirt of female ballet dancers look like

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Wide and flat

47
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What was noted in dance notation

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Direction
Space
Feet movements
Floor patterns

48
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Theatrical dance vs. Ballroom dance

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Ballroom less skilled and more controlled movements

49
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Noverre’s important contributions

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Written theories on dance

50
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Noverre’s reforms

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Ballet should be a separate theatre art

No speaking or singing

5 Act ballet established

  1. Dance should be dramatic. Story told by movement
  2. Artistic unity
  3. Ballet is not for showing off your skill
  4. Dance should be expressive
  5. Simplified costumes and scenery
51
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Dauberval

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Choreographer and dancer

Told about real-life situations

52
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Didelot

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His ballet used flying machines

Developed pointe work

Introduced partnering by choreographing first lift of a women by a male dancer

53
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What was emphasized in the Romantic Era

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Feelings and emotions

54
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What did Romanticism influence

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The arts

55
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Ten primary characteristics of Romantic Ballet

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  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
56
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What were themes in Ballet in the Romantic Era

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Greek myths to supernatural themes now

57
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Gas lighting

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Spotlights highlighted solo performers

Lights could be dimmed

58
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The star system

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There was a star performer now

59
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Female Ballerina dominated the stage

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Star was female but men controlled behind the scenes

60
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Male dancer was unpopular

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Acted as a porter

Supported and partner to ballerina

61
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Development of technical skills

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More rigorous ballet training

Strengthening exercises developed

62
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Pointe work

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used to portray the unearthly and spiritual qualities

Illustrated her weightlessness

63
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New style of costumes

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Became lightweight and flimsy

Shorter

64
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Marie Taglioni

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ethereal Romantic ballerina

excelled in fast movements

65
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What did Elssler use her pointe work for

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To make noise

66
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Fanny Elssler

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Sensuous side of Romanticism

Passionate for folk dance

67
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What is Carlo Blasis responsible for

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Rapid development of ballet technique

Trained very hard

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