American Ballet Theatre

Loie Fuller Marie Louise Fuller (1862-1928) was a significant dancer born in Fullersburg, Chicago, later to be known as Loie Fuller or “La Loie”. Fuller is known for her innovation and experimental cooperation with technology and multimedia techniques such as extravagant lighting and usage of mirrors during the twentieth-century in order to ‘hypnotize’ and capture her audience. Fuller’s innovations would inspire many various types of artists and intellectuals, including future modern dancers…

expert ballet dancers were matched with non-expert ballet dancers and they all watched pairs of upright and inverted point light female dance movements and unisex dance movement. Although some ballet movements are gender-specific, males and females train together and therefore they both have visual knowledge of each other’s moves. The “point light” method involved having the female dancers wear tight black clothing with reflecting markers attached to the clothes. Eight classical ballet movements…

Ballet blanc translated literally means white ballet. This is a type of romantic ballet style that launched in the 19th century. The term means a scene, in which the ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses. During ballet blanc everything on stage is soft, the atmosphere, the dancer’s costumes, lights, and the music. Two notorious examples of ballet blanc are Act II of La Sylphide and Giselle. In the ballet blanc Giselle, there were 25 ballerinas performing. The music is…

Article Review The beauty and elegance of a ballet dancer is achieved with years of technical training. Like with any sport, to be great, a ballet dancer must train with the expectation that his or her efforts will help one to achieve excellence. Ballet dance is competitive. Without proper technical training, the odds of making it as a professional dancer are little to none. It is due to this small window of opportunity that ballet dancers are willing to put their bodies through strenuous and…

Who is the mother of modern dance? None other than Martha Graham. Many believe that Martha Graham is one of the most influential dancers of the 20th century. Martha Graham was born in what is known as Pittsburgh, PA, on May 11, 1894 to Dr. George Graham and Jane Beers. Dr. Graham had a great deal of influence on Martha’s life. Dr. Graham specialized in nervous disorders who used physical movements to treat his patients. By the age of 14, Martha and her family moved all the way across the…

As I stated in my midterm, setting goals for myself only allow me to become a stronger dancer. This semester in Ballet II, I personally believe that I have grown tremendously as a dancer in ballet. With this being my first semester in Ballet II, I had a few ups and downs throughout the class. With this being the case, I set three different goals for myself so that I could focus on fully reaching my potential the areas. These goals included: fully executing my petite battements and completing a…

Martha believed ballet was mostly consisted of flow and grace, she wanted to change and improved the left violent traditions passions, by expressing emotional and spiritual themes that other dances ignored. She was able to achieve this through the repetition of sexual…

Marie Salle the French Dancer and Choreographer Francoise Prevost stated in his early life “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature” which inspired Marie Salle to become one of the prominent dancers of her time. Prevost was said to be a teacher of Salle. Marie Salle was most known for her expressive, dramatic choreography which made her a very popular figure during the eighteenth-century. Marie Salle was born somewhere in 1707 in Paris, France. It wasn’t said who her parents exactly…

Choreographers attempt to “expand breadth and increase the depth of performance,” by expressing an idea through the ever evolving art form, dance. Born in 1894 Allegheny- Pennsylvania, Martha Graham an inspirational choreographer, embellished historical American culture and woman rights. A revolution and adventure in itself. Graham establish new pathways in the field of choreography and performance through family influences plus through different eras. Graham, once described as “indomitable,…

Tahitian dance is exuberant and vibrant, and has a long history of cultural consequentiality. These dances are associated with certain events and occasions, and there are multiple dance styles. Tahitian dance has had an arduous history, but despite setbacks to this artistic expression, it remains a popular and recognizable aspect of Tahitian cultural tradition. In the early age of Tahitian dancing, performances were symbolic and consequential, not just an art form. Native people of Tahiti had…