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FORMS OF DANCE
Ballet
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Edgar Degas
(1834 – 1917)
He was a French artist, and one of the
founders of Impressionism.
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Characteristics of
Ballet:
1. The movements are ridged and unnatural.
2. All movements spring from
five basic stances.
3. The feet are never parallel while pointing forward.
4. The floor is not integrated in the dance.
5. The mise-en-scène is usually elaborate.
The mise-en-scène in dance
refers to everything that appears on the stage: the
costumes, sets, props, dancers, choreography, and lighting.
Here is an example of a typical ballet with an elaborate
mise-en-scène:
Tchaikovsky -
The Nutcracker: Mariinsky Ballet
Example of a Ballet with a minimal
mise-en-scène:
Lost in Motion
Terms:
Principal Dancer -
The principal dancers are the soloists and main stars of a
dance company - the highest ranked dancers. A principal
dancer may be male or female. This term is also used in
modern dance.
Sergei Polunin, at
the age of 19, was the youngest principal dancer with the
British Royal Ballet.
Ballerina
-
The ballerina is the main female dancer.
Misty Copeland
Corps de
Ballet -
These dancers are not the
main dancers, and they do not appear as soloists.
Ballet Master/Mistress -
the teacher
Choreographer -
the composer of the dance.
Grand Jeté -
a long horizontal jump
Demi -
This term means half. It
applies to the positions - see plié.
Plié [plee-AY] -
This is an exercise where
dancers bend their knees. A grand-plié is a bend to the
deepest position as the heels lift off the floor. A
demi-plié is a half plié - see
video.
Demi Plié
Grand Plié
Pirouette -
The dancer spins on one foot while the other foot usually
touches the knee.
Pointe
Work -
Point dancing is on the tips of the toes. A special blocked
shoe is used. Although mostly a female dancers' skill, male
dancers also receive training in pointe.
Examples:
Mikhail Baryshnikov Don Quixote
Swan Lake - Nureyev |
Рудольф Нуреев
Black Swan
Tchaikovsky:
Swan Lake - The Kirov Ballet
Modern Dance
Modern dance:
1. revolted against ballet's ridged unnatural movements. The
movements are natural, flowing, and spontaneous.
2. is without rules
3. is often danced in bare feet, and
4. the floor is integrated into the dance.
In the early 1900s Isadora
Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Mary Wigman rebelled against
classical ballet's rigid rules where all movements spring
from just five unnatural positions. They also
abandoned the techniques, costumes, and even shoes. These
early modern dance pioneers focused on creative
self-expression - rather than technical virtuosity. Modern
dance is relaxed, free style, and is focused on emotions.
Ballet strives to be light and airy while modern dance has a
deliberate use of gravity.
In United States Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St.
Denis, Doris Humphrey, and Martha Graham developed their own
styles of dance, and laid the foundations of American modern
dance.
In Europe
Mary Wigman, Francois Delsarte, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and
Rudolf von Laban developed theories of human movement,
expression, and methods of instruction that led to the
development of European modern dance.
Lamentation Martha Graham
Choo San
Goh (1948 - 1987) was one of the greatest choreographers.
Unknown Territory
Examples:
Pilobolus:
Symbiosis
(TED) |
YouTube
http://www.pilobolus.com
Hungarian National
Ballet - Uncertain Harmony - Ligeti
Paul Taylor - Promethean Fire
Akram Khan
See p 187 (7th edition)
zero degrees
He studied
Kathak Indian dance.
Learn Kathak.
World / Ritual Dance
World or ritual dance is
specific to a country, and ceremonial.
Examples:
Celebration dance
- Festival dance
Pulikali Tiger Dance
Dance in ancient cultures
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Classical Indian dances
Arjuna Nritham
- Japan
Memoirs
of a Geisha- Snow Dance
- Irish
River
Dance has rapid leg movements with
stationary arms.
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Middle
Eastern
Belly Dance
- Instructional Video
Ritual dance,
Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
- Circle dance
- Corroborree
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Long Sword dance
- Morris dance
- Rapper dance
- Religious dance
Wacky Tribal Dance
- African Dance
Zulu Wedding Dance
- War dance
Lakota Sioux
- Weapon dance
Folk Dance
Folk dance describes dances
of European origin. They are:
1. European dance up to the
19th century
2. It's traditional – not original.
3. Danced by common people (folk) – not aristocrats at
social events
5. Evolved spontaneously
LIKHA - Philippine Folk Dance
Street Dance
Although hip-hop dance
evolved spontaneously, it’s not considered folk dance.
Kenichi Ebina:
TED |
Robocop
Lux Aeterna Dance Company
- "Navaras"
by Jacob "Kujo" Lyons
This is modern dance / break
dancing. Lux Aeterna means eternal light in Latin.
Jazz Dance
Jazz dance is spontaneous,
free, and uses syncopation.
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