| Term | Definition |
|---|
| History | Recorded thru pictures, music, dance, stories |
| Dance | Expression thru movement; Rhythmic and sequnced movents of a 3-d body thru space with energy and expression |
| Art | Aesthetic = Experience of space, time energy |
| Basic Elements of Dance | 1. Space 2. Time 3. Energy/force 4. Flow 5. Form/style 6. Rules/messages/meaning 7. Working definition |
| Space | Everywhere and anywhere; Gives the body shape and design |
| Time | Dance exists over a course of time |
| Energy/force | How movement is executed; attitude towards it |
| Flow | Amount of energy released or constricted |
| Form/style | Form is type of dance (e.g Ballet), style is within that danceform (e.g Romantic) |
| Rules, Messages, Meaning | Rule: man leads Message: Male is dominant Meaning: Men above women or chivalry |
| Ellen Dissanayake | Had idea that we have aesthetic as a baby but lose it with introduction to language |
| Paleolithic, Old Stone Age | Cave drawings showed dance |
| Sympathetic Magic | Idea that image and reality is the same |
| Aborgines | Euro influenced: Dance given to them as a gift from the Gods. First inhabitants of Austrailia. |
| Jiri Kylian | Choreographer; Inspired by Aborgines; choreographed Stamping Ground |
| Stamping Ground | Inspired by Abogines |
| Neolithic, New Stone Age | Totem part of animalistic perspective |
| Totem | Animals represent a group or individual; totem of a bunch of animals has inner spirt and gains power of totem. e.g eagle dance because eagles have healing powers |
| Animal Perspective | Sacred circle dances of animals; animals are like humans, have souls |
| Shaman | First real choreographers; witch doctors that fight off evil spirits |
| Dance and Religion | Dance reflects culture and generally incorporates religion |
| Egyptian Dance | Themes of life/death/rebirth; Movements are quiet, dignified |
| Dance of the Hebrews (12 Verbs) | Great interest/respect for dance, but limited male female interaction; 12 verbs to express act of dancing |
| Whirling dervishes | Persian dance; whirl to show earth's axis; religious experience of twirling |
| Trance | Shaman; mind over matter (e.g walking thru fire) |
| Dance in Greece | Entertainment and theater; Gift from Gods (Muse); belief in integrity of mind, spirit, body |
| Dance in Crete | War like dances, circle dances, and fertility dances; inspired Greeks |
| Dionysus | God of fertility and wine |
| Dithramb | Greek drama; Thespis first actor; big festival in Greek |
| Greek Chorus | Group of people whose actions express what was happening thru their movement |
| Apollo | Dictated laws of choreography; had festivals in honor of him |
| Plato | Said dance arose from natural desire to move bodies to express emotions |
| Athens | Concentrated on arts |
| Sparta | Taught dances that emulated battle motions |
| Emmeleia | Used symbolic gestures to tell story; 1 of 3 specific types of Greek drama; noble dance |
| Pyrrhic | Most famous anti-war dance; dance to flute |
| Kardax | 2 of 3 Greek drama; comedy; Plato hated it |
| Roman Dance | Degenerated into violence and spectacle |
| Roman Pantomime | No speaking; done by emperor? |
| Etruscan Dance | Italian; not religious or sacred |
| Christianity and dance | Dance associated with paganism and Rome; dance ok in heaven by angels |
| Pagan | Polytheism |
| Dark ages and dance | Dancing thought to feel good; some thought it was moral poisoning |
| Mystery, miracle, and morality plays | Religious plays in Medival times tells stories of Bible |
| Maypole Dance | Dance in a circle for fertility |
| Court dance | Taught by dance masters (Guglielmo Ebreo); Refined dance |
| Basse Dance | Feet dont move much; type of court dance |
| Pagaentry and tournaments | Led to theatrical dance = only type that requires an audience |
| Dance of death | death is equalizer for all people; peasants pagan dance rituals |
| Dance mania | Variation of ecstatic dancing; escape everyday reality |
| Renaissance and dance | Social and theatrical (done by peasants) |
| Sonata, musical suite and dance | 4 parts made easier for dancers 1. slow 2. fast 3. slower 4. faster |
| Volta | Renaissance dance; male picks up female and twirls |
| Equestrian Ballet | Italy, used horses; creeated geometric patterns on stage |
| Catherine de Medici | Dance used as power, patronage for dance; led to development of theatrical dance |
| Ballet Camique de la Reine | First ballet; produced by de Medici; 6 hours long; choreographed by Beaujayeux |
| Pierre Beauchamps | Dancing master of King Louis XIV; established 5 basic positions of ballet |
| Paris Opera | Oldest ballet company in the world |
| Los Seisos | Dance of choir boy in Spain; famous catholic dance |
| Minuet | Most popular dance of the 18th century; couples courtship dance |
| 3 categories of dance in the 18th century | 1. Noble- slow, serious 2. demi-character- lively, young 3. comic/grotesque- evil |
| Dance d'escale | dance of the school; technical dance, all wore masks |
| Francois Prvast | Love dances; pupils were Salle and Camargo |
| Marie Salle | Radical female dancer; competed with Camargo |
| Marie-Anne Camargo | danced male steps and used fancy footwork; competed with Salle |
| Letters on Dancing | Explained dance was simplified; simple costumes; Jean Georges Noverre |
| Ballet d'Action | rebellion vs. dance d'escale |
| La Fille Mal Gardee | Focus on regular people; "the ill-guarded girl" |
| Change in dance after French Revolution | Freer costumes and movement; male and female equal on stage; start of supernatural themes |
| Box Painte Shoes | Women dominated Paris because of popularity of these shoes |
| Romantic Era | Industrial revolution; social upheaval, rise of middle class |
| Dr. Louis Vernon | In charge of new Paris theatre; 1st in many things (e.g jockey club) |
| Robert le Diable | Romanticism in ballet begins here |
| La sylphide | The unattainable female |
| Giselle | Marked height of romantic ballet; Jules Perrot choreographed |
| Cappelia | Last romantic ballet |
| Grand pas de Deux | Entree, adagio duet, male solo, female solo, coda |
| 4 styles of movement | 1. Classical-hero 2. character-folk 3. demicharacter 4. mime-codified |
| Marius Pepita | Choreographed many famous works |
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