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History Of Dance: Ballets
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Dance History covers the history of dance from the late Middle Ages to the present. Through current readings, video presentations and observation of live performances, you will learn about such topics as the origins of ballet in the Medieval and Renaissance spectacle, the rebellious origins of American modern dance and current dance theatre directions.
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The Art of Dance presents "The History of Ballet". This video will inform you of the origins of ballet as well as the various people that have made contributions to this art form.
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Professional ballet did not make its debut in history until the 1600s under the reign of Louis XIV. Louis established a professional dance organization called the Acadamie Royale de Danse. When the organization was established, most dancers were men. Even the female roles in ballet were performed by men dressed as women. The first female dancer in the history of ballet did not perform until 1681 in a ballet entitled “The Triumph of Love” or “Le Triomphe de ’lamour”.
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Because it was so personal, this new kind of dance was an art form that could not be passed on to the next generation. Duncan... inspired younger people also to express themselves through dance. This was the beginning of the form now called modern dance. Among those included with Duncan as modern-dance pioneers are Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, who specialised in highly theatrical and exotic tableaux, or stage pictures. Like the opera-ballets of the 18th century, their pieces satisfied an audience's hunger for a glimpse of foreign people and places.
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Ms. Genné specializes in the history of twentieth century British ballet, dance in the American Musical Film and in the connections between dance, art and music. Prior to coming to U-M, she taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her book, The Making of a Choreographer: Ninette de Valois and Bar aux Folies-Bergère, includes an annotated facsimile of Dame Ninette's unique choreographic notebook for a ballet based on Manet's painting.
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At about the same time that Fokine was reforming the traditional ballet in St. Petersburg, an American woman was developing a revolutionary concept of dance. Isadora Duncan was trained in ballet but later found that these movements did not allow her as much expression of herself as she desired. Rather than modifying the conventional postures and steps, Duncan threw them out. Her new form of dance was spontaneous and highly personal and let her feel that her spirit had been liberated. (See ... Duncan.)
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