DANC 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hedeby Stones, Corps De Ballet, Classical Ballet
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Discuss the significance of peter the great, catherine the great, and empress anna ivanova on the development of russian ballet. Falls in love with western culture: forces it on nobility. Create st. petersburg, invited notable westerners to russia. Ballets mascarades and introduces social dancing to the court. Huge status and support to the development of all performing arts, especially ballet. St. petersburg ballet school in 1738: 3 year program at an imperial palace. Slavic ballet begins to develop-a synthesis of national folk movement and danse d"ecole. Laid the foundation for the enormous institutional training of the performing arts. Imported jean baptiste lande: teach court dances to the noble military cadets. 1776: founds: directorate of the imperial theaters: list the two key factors for the development of russian ballet. Importation of the best european talents as ballet masters/choreographers. First notable native russian ballet teacher and choreographer. Director of imperial ballet school in 1794.
