...Dance The performance art that will be the topic of this paper is dance. Dance has been around since the beginning of time. It was also used as a basis of communication in many cultures. Dance has also been used in religious ceremonies and rituals, the telling of folklore and sometimes a recording of historical events. Dancing is also not restricted to humans. Some animals also use dance as a way of communication. Examples of the include mating dances and some dance to prove their superiority. Dancing is defined as moving rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures (Sporre 2009). Dancing is also divided onto various genres such as ballet, modern, and urban dance styles. Ballet dancing is technical formalized classical dance style that started during the Italian Renaissance. Ballet is first on this list because billions of people around the world are enchanted by this style and line up to see performances. Ballet comprises a highly theatrical dance presentation consisting of solo dancers, duets, and choruses. Unlike other disciples and forms or dance besides break-dancing ballet demands extreme focus, strength and flexibility. Mostly all practitioners have to start ballet at a very young age to develop the gracefulness that takes decades to master. Ballet is comprised of three different types classical ballet, neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet. Classical Ballet is the type you mostly see in traditional non-modern performances...
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...Dance is one of the most expressional forms of art that has been around for thousand of years. It allows communities to come together, celebrate, to tell a story, and to express emotion. It is an art that requires the use of almost all of the performer's body and soul. It has started wars, and it has brought peace. Dance has changed the world. Two of these styles are Ballet and Jazz, and they have been apart of society and life for many years. When one thinks of beauty and grace in dance, they cannot help but to think of Ballet. In the 15th century, Ballet was first developed in the Italian Renaissance courts. Celebrations like weddings and extravagant parties called for dancing to be an elaborate spectacle. At these events, dancing instructors taught Noblemen and women how to make these events truly memorable by having them participate in the performances. This was the meager beginning of Ballet until Catherine de Medici began to fund ballet in the French court in the 16th century. Catherine de Medici was the wife of King Henry II of France and a great patron of the arts. Catherine would throw elaborate festivals called ballet de cour. Ballet de cour included dance, decor, costume, song, music and poetry. It was a culmination of all the arts to push the advancement of the style of ballet until King Louis XIV helped to popularize and standardize the art form a century later. King Louis XIV was a passionate dancer, and his love of ballet fostered its elevation from a pastime for amateurs...
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...The Performing Arts and Inspiration Laura Rubio Arts/100 December 21, 2015 Kristin Hunt The Performing Arts and Inspiration There are many ways that someone can express their thoughts and feelings. There are different ways that this can be done like through theater, painting, dance and music. With these types of art history can be recorded, to make statements, or be done for simple enjoyment. I will discuss two styles of dance. Ballet origins trace back to the Italian Renaissance when it was developed as a court entertainment. It was then developed during the 15th and 16th centuries when it became formalized (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015). Ballet is an art of body movement, and it is what could be called a “Classical” or formal dance. The tradition for ballet is rested upon a set of prescribed movements and actions. Ballet is “the reduction of human gestures to bare essentials, which is heightened and developed into meaningful patterns” according to Anatole Chujoy in the dance encyclopedia. It then became a fluid succession of images; it has specialized codes of movement. Ballet also expresses the basic human desires and their experiences (Sporre, 2012). Ballet requires good posture, due to the different form moves that they use in ballet their lines have to be perfect. Their form also has to be perfect or otherwise they could injure themselves. Repetition is important in ballet because they do a lot of movements over and over in the dance. The inspiration for the work...
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...the end of the 18th century. Romanticism was a worldwide movement that emerged within the kingdom of literature, law, philosophy, religion, art, and politics as a collective reaction to perceived excesses of the Enlightenment ideal of reason. This era was mainly based on emotions that showed in most of the art work, poems, and even dance choreographs. In this paper will focus more on poetry, dance, and painting in this era and the people who inspired the world with their work and made to history. One of the most significant women artists of this era is Rosa Bonheur who was born in 1822 and lived for 77 years. Rosa was a painter who showed so much interest in painting animals, but what was unique about her is that she studied her subjects very carefully and was able to transfer the nature into her paintings. The horse fair was one of her many amazing paintings, but this one in particular won her a gold medal and was famous worldwide. “Le Marché aux Chevaux (The Horse Fair) established Rosa’s international fame, and was sent to Ghent, Belgium where the important Belgian art dealer Ernest Gambart noticed and later purchased it” (The Art History Archive, p. 322). She was honored and recognized by so many people and in many places between Europe and the United States. Some of her paintings are in the National Museum of women art. “Rosa Bonheur will be remembered for her fidelity to nature and her animals. Her understanding of and love for the subject was projected through...
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...dwfdw Ballet Philippines Case Study I. Executive Summary of the Case II. Background of the Case Ballet Philippines, based at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded by Alice Reyes and began as the Alice Reyes Dance Company in 1969 with the support of Eddie Elejar and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Alice Reyes, had her intensive training in dance in the United States under various scholarships. As a scholar of the Music Promotions Foundation of the Philippines, she decided that she wanted to share her knowledge and thus, she proposed to put up a dance concert. III. Statement of the Problem What is their primary reason in putting up the Ballet Philippines? How does Ballet Philippines contribute to the Philippine arts industry? Why do we need to patronize ballet performances? IV. Statement of the Objective The officers of the CCP, Jaime Zobel, president, and Lucresia Kasilag, artistic director accepted Alice’s Reyes proposal. Consequently, the Alice Reyes Modern Dance Concert was held in February 1970. This promising led Alice to organize the CCP Summer Dance Workshop in a vacant at the CCP basement, culminating the 1st Summer Dance and Music Workshop Concert that was held in June 1970, with 30 participants. Soon this pioneers were doing a season of three concerts, which eventually led them to decide to put up their own dance company. V. Scope and Limitation of the Problem The Alice Reyes Dance...
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...ABE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE MALOLOS, BULACAN CASE STUDY I. Case Study of Ballet Philippines II. Executive Summary of the case This case is about turnover and salary and the performer status in Ballet Philippines. How to deal with the turnovers and in lack of promotions. III. Background of the Case Founded in 1969 by Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines (BP) is widely recognized today as a cornerstone of the Filipino cultural identity. Its audience represents a cross-section of Manila’s populace and includes visitors from around the country and around the world. Each year outreach and educational programs introduce new generations of audience members not only to dance, but to music and visual art as well. BP’s official school, the CCP Dance School, continues to produce dancers of international caliber. As the dance company in residence at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines is globally recognized as the country’s flagship company in ballet and contemporary dance. With a treasure trove of over 400 works, Ballet Philippines’ wide ranging, eclectic repertory is unparalleled in Asia. From full-length classical ballets and internationally recognized masterworks to indigenous works of Filipino folklore and social issues, the company weaves a colorful tapestry of the Philippine’s rich and diverse cultural heritage – uniquely and distinctly Filipino. The Company’s...
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...I. Ballet Philippines II. Executive Summary The case is about the ballet performer status in the Philippines and also the turnover and salary of the performers and how to deal with the turnovers in lack of promotions. III. Background of the Case Founded in 1969 by Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines (BP) is widely recognized today as a cornerstone of the Filipino cultural identity. Its audience represents a cross-section of Manila’s populace and includes visitors from around the country and around the world. Each year outreach and educational programs introduce new generations of audience members not only to dance, but to music and visual art as well. BP’s official school, the CCP Dance School, continues to produce dancers of international caliber. As the dance company in residence at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines is globally recognized as the country’s flagship company in ballet and contemporary dance. With a treasure trove of over 400 works, Ballet Philippines’ wide ranging, eclectic repertory is unparalleled in Asia. From full-length classical ballets and internationally recognized masterworks to indigenous works of Filipino folklore and social issues, the company weaves a colorful tapestry of the Philippine’s rich and diverse cultural heritage – uniquely and distinctly Filipino. The Company’s achievements, coupled with the generous and prestigious...
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...Proposed by: Agency Name: Ballet Austin Community Development through the Arts Contact Person Title Organization Address: City, State, Zip Phone: Fax: Email: Program Dates: Amount of Request: Program Description Community Development through the Arts is a Ballet Austin initiative that provides small to mid-size Texas communities with quality arts programming, in-school arts education residencies and professional development for arts organizations and presenters. Through this program, the organization name will provide the community(s) of name of community(s) with the following services: • • • • A public, family performance of The Nutcracker Two days of in-school educational residencies Docent (public-speaking) training for area schoolteachers and community members to help them prepare their students and the community for the family performance Professional development training for community members ( organization name ) in the areas of marketing and advertising, fundraising, special events, public relations, box office management and outreach programs The goal of the Community Development through the Arts initiative is to provide our community with quality arts programming and to utilize the experience of the Ballet Austin staff to ensure that the presentation of the events will be successful. Skills gained from the professional development are transferable and will allow the organization name to plan and implement a comprehensive series of future arts events in our community...
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...von Laban’s systematization of “quality in movement”: Space: indirect, direct Time: sustained, quick Weight: strong, light Flow: free, bound Acc. to Laban, all human movement exhibits constellations of these factors that form identifiable textures or qualities of movement. 1 2. The characteristic use of the parts of the body with their symbolic associations. Solar plexus (Duncan), lower abdomen and pelvis as an isolable area (Graham), fixed/vertical torso (ballet). Pelvis: sexual, primitive instincts and desires Chest: emotions and feelings Head: intellect, rationality, process of thinking 3. Characteristic use of “performance space”. (a three dimensional spatial grid symbolically defines the space) i.e. movements that occur in the air (jumps & lifts) or gestures towards upper space – mostly associated with the pure, heavenly, etc. movements on the flor –associations with more earthly existence. 2 THEATRE DANCE From Aristocratic Entertainments (1300-1600) to Court Spectacles (1530s-1640s) to French Court Ballet – “The Sun King” Dancing (1650-1700s) French nobility “dancing” in the entertainments and spectacles to show off their power and dignity. Spectacles organized by courts, dukedoms, etc. quickly became competitive, one court trying to display greater power and wealth than another. Idealisation of aristocratic power became the new impetus for dance. Court entertainments were prepared with great care. They were 4-5 hours elaborate programs consisting of unconnected...
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...immediately associate with the square. The square, however, is special. While it is indeed a rhombus, it has a certain distinction: the corners are all composed of right angles. Therefore, every square is a rhombus, but not all rhombi are squares. When I was a kid, my sister and I would always argue. One of the many topics fought over was whether or not she, as a ballet dancer, was an athlete. While I argued that she was an athlete, she remained vigilantly contrarian, stating that ballet was an art, not a sport. I couldn’t disagree with her counter, so she decided herself the winner, as always in everything. There are many arguments over what is and isn’t a sport. Cheerleading, fishing, auto racing, and golf are all bantered about in these kinds of discussions. However, just as the square is a very special rhombus, there is a certain distinction which distinguishes the sportsman from the athlete. While many activities require a great amount of athleticism, many cannot be called sports because of one thing: strategy. It is the major root of sport that differentiates a competitive game from fun or art. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘sport’ as, “physical activity engaged in for pleasure.” The definition is admittedly vague, but does seem to make the necessary qualification of physical effort. For example, chess is a strategic activity which is “engaged in for pleasure,” but it is not a sport because of lack of physical activity. It’s the mix of fun...
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...Part 2 1). URL address: http://www.metmuseum.org Brief Summary: This is a website for an art museum which has the introduction of different kinds of activities related to arts. There are different kinds of introduction with different art works. Also the website has a function of online store to sell things like clothes, jewelry and other creative things. Suggestion: It is useful for teachers to search an art piece has a specific requirement. It also provides different kinds of activities related to art. The teachers can anticipate the activities with their students. 2). URL address: http://www.coloradoballet.org Brief Summary: This is ballet website which provide information about different ballet performance. Also there are basic ballets lessons for students who want to learn more about ballet. These programs provide for young kids and adults no matter beginners or for professional learning. Suggestion: Teachers can use this website to search for special dancing event for students to appreciate. 3). URL address: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/destinations Brief Summary: This website has several different area and has the information such as the language, food, currency for the place. Also it provides the opportunities for people who are interested with the place to be a volunteer or an internship. Suggestions: Teachers or students can find the place they are interested and get the information or videos for that place for any use. 4). URL address:...
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...have to love their job or it is not worth the time and effort they put into it. Choreographers create original routines for individual or group performers. According to Portland Ballet Academy choreographers sometime specialize in one dance style. They also use a variety of styles for one or multiple dance routines. Most all choreographers create routines for dancers to perform at recitals or at competitions. Choreographers usually start their careers as dancers. While they are dancers, they study for years and learn movements and positions of various types of dance. Each dance has its own vocabulary, style, and movement. The...
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...student, he went to St. Petersburg, Russia and became co-founder of the art magazine, Mir Iskusstva (The World of Art), in 1899. In the years of 1897-1906, he incorporated European and Russian contemporary art into his exhibitions and reawakened eighteenth Russian art to the community .The same year he was selected to be the artistic consultant of the Maryinsky Theatre. He retired from this post in 1901 and when the magazine ceased publishing in 1904, he focused on organizing galleries of Russian art in St. Petersburg and Paris. In 1908, he took a production of "Boris Godunov" to Paris, with renowned singer, Feodor Chaliapin. In 1909, Diaghilev took with him to Paris a season of opera and ballet, and with the greatest dancers of the Maryinsky behind him, he had a great victory. Constant visits helped him form his own company, Ballet Russes, in 1911. This company was not connected to any opera, it was a lone company. Diaghilev directed this company until his death on August 19, 1929. The company never performed in Russia. Diaghilev didn’t have the money to keep his project up in Paris. By the time he finished his first season in Paris, he was doing this during the dancers yearly time off. Diaghilev worked with many composers, artists, and dancers like Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, and Vaslav Nijinsky. It was after the World War I, when Diaghilev was banned from Russia. After his death in 1929, the Ballet Russes disbanded. Four years later, another company got the financial support...
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...Analysis of Dance Styles ARTS/100 Professor Analysis of Dance Styles For centuries peoples have been dancing as an art form that allows them to physically express themselves without using words. These are times when simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words (Humphrey, 1937). A great deal can be understood when a person watches a person dances. The message that is related is strong and clear. When you understand the types of dance the message is clear. I will attempt to examine the different forms of dance. We will look at the forms of dance like Ballet, Modern World/Ritual, Folk, and jazz. Never the less it helps construct a better understanding of the different forms. Ballet During the 15th century in Italy ballet was known as court dancing. The word “Ballet” comes from the Italian form of Ballare which means dance. The first dance was in France in 1581. The French created the first ballet called “La Ballet Domique de La Reine” This caught on fast which prompted Louise Xiv to start the Royal Academy of Dance in 1661. Ballet caught on quick and spread from country to country when the story line and rhythm is expressed it uses eight basic positions to do this. Swiveling on their toes and balancing is critical to perform these dances. Over the ages these have been two great Ballets that are performed across the country and they are in high demand. They are the “Nutcracker and Swan Lake”. Modern Dance The 20th century...
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...Death of a Salesman: What are specific differences between the two productions? How do these two productions feel different? Which production was more effective? Visual Differences: - physical features of actors (Hoffman is shorter) - color of sets - Hoffman- more Victorian, Cobb- more drab - Linda more involved in Hoffman’s - Cobb Version- quieter, less emotional, old cast - Hoffman- more energy What is Theater: Theater vs. Film: - cost - accessibility - advertising - celebrities - special affects Why study theater? - important art form; universal art - theatrical impulse- mimesis (imitation) is a natural desire in humans Definition of Theater: - Theater must have: Actor, Story, Audience, Liveness - Theater requires: action, space, actors, liveness - Theater is constantly changing How do audiences negotiate Theater? - conventions- rules, practices audience accepts - suspension of disbelief- ignore that some things are unrealistic - aesthetic distance- audience does not intervene into play Thinking Critically about a Performance: - theater is sum of a set of choices o playwright o artistic director o director o designers o actors Key Questions for Audience: - What was attempted? - Was it accomplished? - Was it valuable? Acting: Acting: - actor as imitator- mimesis - actor is the messenger-...
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