Renaissance: Ballet / Presentations

 

 

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Unit: Renaissance

Theme: Ballet

 

Introduction

With origin in the Italian Renaissance,  Ballet is a type of performance dance.  From the fifteenth century and later, ballet developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. Since then, ballet has It has become a widespread and highly technical form of dance. Its codified movement vocabulary has served a the foundation for other dance forms.

 

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Learning Objectives

  •  Understand the main characteristics of ballet technique
  • Explain relationship between ballet and fencing, politics, and performance
  •  Gain an awareness of the influence of  ballet on other dances
  • Experience dancing the five positions of ballet 

 

 III

Main Lesson

 Presentation: Sydney, Hayden, Leah, Shoshana / Hip Hop

 

1

The Origin of Ballet
 
 
Question 1

Why is Catherine de Medici and important historic figure in the Renaissance?
 
 
2
 
From "The Devils"

From "Le roi danse"


 Question   2
 
Why was ballet important in the court of Louis XIV?
 
 
3
 
 
 Question  3
 
What aspects of fencing are still present in ballet technique?
 
 
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Question 4

In which way has ballet changed over the centuries?
 
 
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IV

A Note to Remember


Ballet is a theatrical dance in which a formal academic dance technique—the danse d’école—is combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery. The academic technique itself is also known as ballet.


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Case Studies

 

Ballet Russes

 From Russia came the impulse that reanimated ballet in western Europe. For the ballet season in 1909 the impresario Serge Diaghilev  brought to Paris a company, called the Ballets Russes, that was made up of prominent dancers from the Imperial Ballet. The effect on the artistic world was shattering. Ballet, which in western Europe had sunk low in public estimation, became recognized as a major theatre art, one in which dance, music and stage design contributed to an unprecedented and impressive overall effect.

 


Question 5

 

Why was ballet Russes important for the development of dance in the West?

 

Historic Ballets

 Religious

(28:27)

Prokofiev- Prodigal Son, New York City Ballet, 2013

 

Matthaus Passion / In dieser Nacht werdet ihr (This night you will)

 

Medievalist

Misericordes



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ACTIVITY 1


 
 

 
 
  1. Female students learn the 5 ballet positions. Create a phrase with the 5 positions and dance them with music.
  2. Male students create a movement phrase with the fencing positions. 
  3. Both groups combine phrases and create a small piece.



Question 6

What is your overall impression of dance in the Renaissance?
 
 
 
VII
 
Glossary
 
 
 
VIII
 
Journaling
 
 
 
 IX
 
Sources 
 
 
Ballet. https://www.britannica.com/art/ballet/The-establishment-of-the-ballet-daction

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Students' Work

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