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DANC 2010
Foster, Daryl UGA Test 1
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Undergraduate 2
03/07/2012

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King Louie XIV
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built culture by staging ballets with costumes, plotlines, etc

codified traditional dances from all over Europe into one ballet
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Regent
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Someone who is appointed to administer a country because the monarch is absent or incapacitated
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Aristocracy v Democracy
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Aristocracy- country ruled by those with money (up-down) v Democracy- ruled by the people (down-up)
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Classical Ballet: General
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based on social class
became more technical and virtuosic
developed separate identities across europe
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Classical Ballet: Ethereal
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fake like, fairies, out of this world depictions, flight
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Classical Ballet: attire
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loetard, tights, ballet shoes (pointe work- shoes, bottom called shank)

short tutu
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Classical Ballet: Gender
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Male dominated
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Romantic Ballet: Taglionis
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Marie T danced in romantic era, her father Fillipo had idea to dance in point shoes (illusion of floating, if only for a second)
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Romantic Ballet: Gender/attire
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The role of the woman became more prevalent as the ballerina was elevated to superstar status
women could now be independent of the male dancers

wore long tutus
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How much does a ballet cost per show?
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$150,000
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Presenters v Self venue
Definition
get % of ballet's profit form helping you get a venue
or you may get your own venue, but may not make as much of a profit
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Two sides to a ballet company
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Admin- board of directors, execs
Artistic- dancers, director, corp de ballet, etc
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Story ballet: Gran pas de deux
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1.Adage (man and a woman, slow presentation of skills, walking tempo
2. Male variation
3. Female variation
4. Grand Allergro- faster, 32 jumps spins
5. Coda
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Pointe work
Definition
Reserved for women
strengthened ankles, flexibility
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Four types of ballet companies
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international, national, regional, local
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National Ballet company
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New york Ballet Company,
American Ballet Theatre
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Regional Ballet companies
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not as big as national ballets but most important to the are, atl ballet, san fran ballet, etc
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Renaissance/Opera Ballet
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dancing was just a part of musical opera
dance was small part, moved to france, and then became codified
led to romanticism
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Maurice Petipa
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French dancer composer, moved to russia during imperialism

wrote swan lake, nutcracker, sleeping beuaty,

brought russian folklore to life
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Russian Imperialism: Important Figures
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Tchaikovsky was a great composer of the time who worked with Petipa to create ballets
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Russian Imperialism: Ballet Russe
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Choreographed by Petipa which transitioned classical ballet to Russian imperialism ballet

costume deign by chanel

ballerinas wore long flowing skirts
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Russian Imperialism: George Balanchine
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Founded American ballet which was before NYCB

cofounded NYCB

wanted to change the face of classical ballet, integrate new choreographers and dancer
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What was Balanchine's effect on ballet?
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he was responsible for deconstructing classical ballet

responsible for and negatively assoc with modern image of ballerina- super skinny

faster, more stress on joints, and shorter careers
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Modern Dance
Definition
American
free
Rebel against aristocracy doctrine of ballet by being free and formless
not codified, amorphous
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Contraction
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Martha Graham, dancer contracts spine and makes themselves longer
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Release and Recover
Definition
taking muscular posturing that is held and supported by releasing that muscules contraction
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Suspension
Definition
when you take a movement and hold it out over and you may release it after suspension
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Swing
Definition
swinging of the body parts
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Floor work
Definition
working on the floor
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Off Center
Definition
while everything in ballet is centered modern dance is off centered, not in line
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Full Body
Definition
ballet is about moving legs and arms while modern dance is the whole body, core, pelvis, etc)
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Foundations of Modern Dance: Core to distill
Definition
moving all body parts the same time
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Martha Graham
Definition
Pioneer of modern dance

crossed over into other areas of art (fashion designers etc)

Combined classicism and pseudoexoticism in her work

sharp/spastic movements, pelvis contraction and release technique
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Lester Horton
Definition
Pioneer of Modern Dance

Drew from Native American dance, yoga, tribal, eastern etc

focused on core to distill movement

racially integrated, required well rounded talented
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Contemporary Dance
Definition
by the time contempory came along, modern had become codified and had its own techniques
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Contemporary Dance: 6 parts
Definition
Pedestrian Movement
Aerial Work
Inprovisional Structures
Mixing of Genres
Site Specific
With the time
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Merce Cunningham
Definition
Chance Dance- choreographed in segments
audience votes on order of show
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Jazz Dance
Definition
Modern jazz dance: Post 1950s
Combo- Euroclassical music, af/am vernacular, polyrhythms

originated from Af/am vernacular dance
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Embodied Knowlege
Definition
Knowledge that does not require ourside learning
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Blood memories
Definition
in african culture they believe that all terms defined by culture are passed down generatino to generation through blood memories. same blood=same memories
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Drum in African culture
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very important drum was language and way to communicate amongst themselves
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Ring Shout dance
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africans would stand in circle and sing and dance to portray whatever issue was happening at that time, picking cotton
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Cake walk
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impersonate masters, winner got cake
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Tap dance
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became part of af/am vernacular, because like everything else, they stole it from white people
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Juke Joint
Definition
a place where nigs could drink colt 45s during prohibition in the deep south
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Speakeasies
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northern version of the souths juke joints
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Great migration
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blacks moved to the north, more industrialized
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Flappers
Definition
scandalous, short skirts, free with sex, short hair, liberated, fun,

womens independence, listened to jazz, 1st mainstream group to do so, people were cool with it as long as no nigs get credit
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Chorus girl
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harlem rennaisance, perfromed shows, black, in clubs, sexy

moved into more family friendly enviornments how rocketts formed
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Modern Jazz Dance
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Af/am vernacular dance evolved into modern jazz dance in mid 19th century
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Katherine Dunham
Definition
U of Chi degree
wanted to go to africa to study dance
commission said no and sent her to carribean to study african dance in haiti
returned to america with techniques of voodoo and culture integrated dunham technique

she was the martha graham of modern dance
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Pioneers of modern jazz dance
Definition
jack cole- father of dance, influence on others
bob fosse- unique sexual style
matt mattox- learned from JC, role in 7BF7B
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