Lecture 5 Notes

Early Ballet 
Golden Age of Ballet
Classical Ballet 
Modern Ballet

Ballet

I. 1440 Domenico writes book on Dance instruction
  Greeks & Roman Empire, 5th through 14th century
  Middle Ages, 1400's Renaissance
   1620 - Renaissance Court Dancing & Ballets, France
  1700's - Grand Operas in Europe, especially Italy
  1800's - Czarist Russia

II. 1581 Beaujoyeulx
  "Balet Comique dela Royne"

III. Louis XIV 1643-1715
  Danced 18 years
  26 Grand Ballets (Balletti)
  Art and Life same
  Social Structure
  Gods, Heroes, Role Models
  Composers, Choreographers, Dancers, Poets

IV. Academie Royal de Danse
  Standards and Training
  Precise movements and poses required
  Codification of steps and vocabulary

V. Theatrical performance changed
  Audience in the front
  Dancer separated from audience

VI. Pierre Beauchamps 1700's 
  Performer, Dance Master, Highest paid
  5 foot positions of Ballet
 ÝIntroduction of Ballet technique
  Developed system for notation of dance
  Established standards for the western world

VII. 150 Dances noted in the Baroque period
  Courantes
  Gigues
  Minuets
  Sarabandes

VIII. Changes in Ballet
  Carmargo - skirt, tights, soft slippers
  French Revolution
 

GOLDEN AGE OF BALLET

I. 1800-1880
  Prima Ballerinas
  Romantic/Classical Ballets
  La Sylphide
  Giselle
  Swan Lake
  Sleeping Beauty
 

CLASSICAL BALLET

I. 1900's
  No story
  All in white
  Pure
  Bare Stage
  Sur les point
  Beauty of movement and artistic content

II. Ballerinas
  Male
  Pas de deux
 

MODERN BALLET

I. Difference between Modern and Classical
  Character costumes
  Storylines
  Props
  Steps are same as Classical Ballet
  Same composers