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50 Cards in this Set
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Primitive Period- When? Focus?
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up to 3000 BC; 1. communication 2. religious rituals
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4 main types of of dance in the primitive period?
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1. dance as imitation 2. medicine dance 3. commemorative dance 4. dance for spiritual connection
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In the Ancient Period the Ancient Indian Dance was known as __________ _________.
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Bharata Natyam
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The Ancient Indian temple dancers were praised for what 3 things?
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skill, stamina, grace
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The Middle Ages were also known as the _____ ______.
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Dark Ages
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In the Middle Ages, dance began to decline and was frowned upon because it was viewed as ______.
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Pagan
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Who/what dictated what happened in society?
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the Church
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The Dance of Death was also known as the _____ _______.
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Dance Macabre
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The Dance of Death was characterized by dancing with complete _________ almost as if _________.
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delirium; possessed
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What were the four most influential people of the Renaissance Beroque Period?
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Katherine Demedici, Louis XVI, Pierre Beauchamps, Jean George Noverre
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Katherine Demedici was known as the "_____ ___ _______"
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mother of dance
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Katherine Demedici was ______ by birth but married and became queen of ______.
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italian; France
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Katherine Demedici was responsible for bringing dance to France where she introduced what?
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the court ballet
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The first performed court ballet was ______ _______ __ __ ____ in _____.
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Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1581
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Louis XIV was known as the "____ _____"
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Sun King
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Louis XIV was responsible for what ballet?
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the Ballet de la Nuit
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Louis XIV established the Royal Academy of Dance in ____.
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1661
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Louis XIV was the first to attempt what?
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to professionalize ballet
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Louis XIV was the first to develop the separation between the audience and performers creating a more serious and theatrical performace. This development is known as what?
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proscenium stage
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Pierre Beauchamps was the teacher of Louis XIV, who developed and codefined what 4 things?
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the french ballet terminology, the 5 basic positions of the feet, rules of ballet technique, turned out leg
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Who wrote the essay "Letters on Dancing Ballet?"
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Jean George Noverre
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"Letters on Dancing Ballet" emphasized the importance of what two things?
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plot and emotion
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Noverre believed we should simplify what?
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pantomime
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What is pantomime?
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a series of hand gestures instead of words used to communicate
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The height of the Romantic period was when?
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between the 1830s and 1850s
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What are the five characteristics of Romantic ballets?
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1. divided into 2 acts- act 1: light (village) act 2: dark (forest)
2. foreign lands 3.dance en pointe 4. fascination with supernatural 5.long romatic tutus |
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What were tutus made out of?
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Tulle
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What is the ballet blanc?
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white ballet
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Two Famous ballet blancs?
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La Sylphide and Giselle
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La Sylphide was first created for _____ ______ by ________ _______.
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Marie Taglioni; Phillipo Taglioni (her father)
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La Sylphide is set where?
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Scotland
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What two things did the choreographers to make the dancers appear to be flying?
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mechanical devices, dancing en pointe
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Who choreographed Giselle?
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Jules Perrot
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Jules Perrot also choreographed the Pas de Quatre. Why is this ballet so significant?
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brought together the 4 most famous prima ballerinas including Marie Taglioni
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The Classical Period is similar to the Romantic Period except for:
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divided into 3 or 4 acts
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Who was French by birth but moved to Russia as a dancer?
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Marius Petipa
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Marius Petipa was more known for being a ______ rather than a dancer.
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choreographer
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Petipa led what country to become the leading country in ballet?
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Russia
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Name Petipa's 3 most famous Classical ballets.
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Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, the Nutcracker
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The Imperial Ballet performed in the Imperial Theater in what city and what is it called today?
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St. Petersburg, Russia; now known as "Kirov Ballet" and performed at the Maryinsky Theater
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Who's music was used in Petipa's 3 classical Ballets?
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Tchaikovsky
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Marius Petipa developed what?
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the rankings of dancers
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What are the rankings of dancers?
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lowest- corps de ballet (body of the ballet)
middle- soloists highest- principal dancers- prima ballerina (f) primeur del seur (M) |
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The Grande Pas de Deaux (large dance for two) always follows what 3 guidelines?
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1. starts with slow adagio
2. then variations/solos 3. then coda |
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Who helped choreograph swan lake with Marius Petipa?
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Lev Ivanov
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Four characters of Swan Lake and their roles?
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Odette- good white swan
Prince Siegfried- falls in love with Odette Von Rothvart-transformed Odette, evil magician Odile- evil swan, tricked Prince Siegfried |
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The Children of Theater Street documents what ballet school in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Imperial Ballet School
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The Contemporary Period was in what time period and involved what two countries?
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early to mid 1900s; America and Russia
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Serge Diaghilev was not a dancer but a lover of the arts that created the _____ _____ which is a company that produces new and innovative dances.
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Ballet Russes
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Who choreographed the Dying Swan?
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Michel Fokine
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