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Marius Petipa |
French born choreographer. "Father of Classical Ballet". Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker
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Marie Toglioni |
known for beautifully executed jumps and leaps, perfect dancing en pointe during the Romantic Period. New costume design: Romantic Tutu |
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George Balanchire |
Russian man was founder and director of new york city ballet in 1948. Greatest Choreographer of his time |
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Pierre Beauchamps |
Director of Royal Academy of dance in France. Created 5 ballet positions & turned out leg.
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Louis XIV |
Sun King, king of france from 1643-1715. Appeared in several court ballets.
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Vaslav Njinsky |
shocked audiences with ballets referencing sex & death abandoned well known technique in classical ballet and replaced it with stylized movement that were symmetrical, heavy, and used both turned-in & parallel positions |
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Catherine de Medici |
Member of one of Italy's royal families, married into the french monarchy and is credited fro bringing several dancing masters with her from Italy to France. |
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Michel Fokine |
Russian born, broke many rules of ballet to fit his aesthetic. "Father of Contemporary Ballet". Staged more than 70 ballets in Europe and the United States. |
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Marie Cambargo |
Paris Opera Dancer. Could dance "as well as a man". |
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New York City Ballet |
Highest Ranking U.S. Ballet company. Us of corps dancers and emphasis on female dancer. |
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Dance Theatre of Harlem |
Primarily African American Dancers & artists. |
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Arthur Mitchell |
founder of Dance theatre of Harlem |
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American Ballet Theatre |
known for it's use of international dancers |
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American Ballet Theatre |
Strong and demanding administrator in Baryshnikov (from 1980-1989) |
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Joffrey Ballet |
relatively small company. 30-40 dancers at a time |
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New York City Ballet |
company known for use of Balanchine choreography to the exclusion of other great choreographers. |
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Joffrey Ballet |
company known for having more variety in choreography and is more experimental performing new works by young choreographers |
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American Ballet Theatre |
Lacks consistently strong artistic direction and often struggles to maintain a solid financial base |
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Adagio |
"at ease or leasure" Develop sense of line |
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ballet de'action |
elimination of speech and song |