The Renaissance

Question 1

What were the major developments that happened during the Renaissance?

Answer 1

Linear perspective (learned how to draw things with depth)
New musical instruments
Movable type for the printing press (music and treatises could be printed)
The church lost power
Court dance flourished

Question 2

Who was dancing?

Answer 2

Peasants, nobles, and professionals (Dancers, teachers, and choreographers)

Question 3

da Piacenza

Answer 3

Distinguished between Bassa Danza and Ballo

Divided dance into components that focused on the movements of the body, steps, and qualities

Question 4

Cornazano

Answer 4

pupil of da Piacenza

Question 5

Ebreo – William the Jew

Answer 5

made clear distinction between folk dance and dance as an art. Expanded on the prerequisites for a dancer

Question 6

Roundel

Answer 6

circle dance accompanied by song; peasant dance

Question 7

Baccuber

Answer 7

traditional harvest performed since 1550. Early form of the sword dance.

Question 8

Bergomask

Answer 8

• aka Bergamasca.
  Clumsy 16th century courtship dance.
  Appears in Shakespeare’s “A Midnight Summers Dream”

Question 9

Hey

Answer 9

• Dance that had a weaving pattern

2 versions: Straight Hey & Shepherds Hey

Question 10

Cushion Dance

Answer 10

• Fav. In 16th century.
  Still performed in19th century.
  Round dance.
  Later adopted by the nobles

Question 11

Pavane

Answer 11

Latin word “pavo” meaning “peacock”
Slow section of the two part suite
Earliest versions danced by nobility to show off their attire

Question 12

Two-part suite

Answer 12

• Two dances: The Pavane and The Galliard. Performed right after another without stopping

Question 13

Galliard

Answer 13

• Lightened vigorous dance in triple time
  Couple held hands
  Man performed solo for his partner

Question 14

Tanzhaus

Answer 14

– Dance house/ Dance hall

Question 15

Mummery

Answer 15

• popular amusement in 13th -16th century bands of masked persons paraded through the streets during winter festivals and entered houses to perform plays or play dice in silence

Question 16

Masquerades

Answer 16

• entertainments in which disguised participants offered gifts to the host then joined together for a dance (This is different from later forms, such as Elizabethan masks)

Question 17

Ballo

Answer 17

(singular balli) referred to a springier dance as compared to the bassa danza

Question 18

Balletti

Answer 18

(singular: Balletti) short arranged dance work that includes changing floor patterns (basically social dances that have been staged)

Question 19

Volta

Answer 19

Controversial dance that was popular in France and England.
Relative of the Galliard.
Couple dance performed in triple time

Question 20

Mummery

Answer 20

popular amusement in 13th -16th century bands of masked persons paraded through the streets during winter festivals and entered houses to perform plays or play dice in silence

Question 21

Masquerades

Answer 21

entertainments in which disguised participants offered gifts to the host then joined together for a dance (This is different from later forms, such as Elizabethan masks)

Question 22

Pageants – trionfi

Answer 22

(song and dance performed in between acts of plays. Glorified the lord or prince as triumphant coming from battle)

Question 23

Ballo

Answer 23

) referred to a springier dance as compared to the bassa danza

Question 24

Balletti

Answer 24

dance work that includes changing floor patterns (basically social dances that have been staged)

Question 25

Why do we care about Renaissance folk dance?

Answer 25

Laid foundation of noble dance which led the foundation for ballet

Question 26

What were Renaissance Court dances like?

Answer 26

Adapted from folk dances

Question 27

Why do we care about Renaissance court dance?

Answer 27

Laid foundation for theater dance.