DANCE 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Sleeping, Ballet Royal De La Nuit, Vaslav Nijinsky
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Oldest court dance still being done today. Always slow, precise, and regal but with different plots. Gagaku: ancient music that goes with dancing. Court dances: dances created to entertain rulers. Higher classes wanted ways to show their power/prestige. Brought italian dance influences to france when she became queen. Sponsored arts, especially dance, and helps it progress. Ballet comique de la reine: first ballet (gain social harmony) 1661 established academic royale de la danse. The sun king : role of apollo in ballet de la nuit : first attempt to professionalize ballet. Moved performances from an italian-style stage to a ballroom. Louis xiv"s personal ballet teacher for 22 years. Director of academic royale de la danse. Ballet a part of opera and other events. Women start to be popular as dancers and rivalries emerge. Natural movement, character work, created expressive choreography. Created letter on dancing and ballet published in 1960. Hated and unpopular, ahead of his time, influenced 20th century choreographers.
