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Dancing Masters- Profession
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-Concept of DM developed as a need
-Nobility desired to learn complicated dances -Nobility needed to develop other skills -DM taught additional skills -DM were itinerant (ex:farm workers) -DM disseminated news |
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Dates of profession (DM)
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-started c. 1525
-Designated "dancing masters" XVII & XVII century -Court dances waned in popularity by XIX -Called "Ballet Masters" in ballet -Called "Dancing Maters" in ball-room -Term "Dancing Master" dissappeared by XX century -Today called "Dance Instructor" or "Dance Teacher" |
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What DM taught...
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-Dance; played violin or pochette (smaller violin)
-Taught deportment & etiquette -Intructed in proper grooming -Taught "fencing" -Students were courtiers and future courtiers -Composed dances for court entertainment -Came up w/new court dances -A few composed music |
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Who DM were...
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-Earliest were Jewish
-Talmudic dictum to dance @ weddings -Many early dancing masters were Italian -In Paris during reign of Francis I (r.1515-47) -Many DM were musicians |
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Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx
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-Italy, B. ?-c.1587
-Started as musician -Came to France c.1555 -Became a DM -Best known for "Ballet Comique de la Reine" (1581) |
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Fabritio Caroso
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-Italy, c.1553-?
-Taught Rome's elite -Active in Paris c.1590 -Wrote "Il Ballarino" in 1581 -Document includes choreographed dances -Also advice on etiquette & social situations |
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Pierre Beauchamps
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-France, 1631-c.1705
-Dancer & DM -Taught King Louis XIV Appeared in productions w/Louis -Formulated his own notation system -Codified ballet's 5 positions of feet -Performed brilliant pirouttes & tourss en l'air -Director-Royal Academy of Dance (1671-87) |
