DANCE 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Marie Taglioni, Pointe Shoe, Marius Petipa
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Dance 100 lecture 10 development of ballet. England, italy, russia, scandinavia, and austria follow. Ballet was a part of opera and other events. Women start to be popular as dancers: rivalries emerged. Jean-george noverre was influenced by marie salle: created letter on dancing and ballet published in 1760, hated and unpopular, ahead of his time, greatly influenced 20th century choreographers. Content shift: no longer gratified royalty, more realistic, rustic comedies, based on ordinary people. Special pointe shoes developed in the 1860"s. Marie taglioni: graceful and light, traveled to russia, more than 200 performances. Fanny elssler: passionate and strong, traveled to america, american dancers joined her troupe. The prototype for modern musical was starting in america. Black crook was most popular, opening in 1866 and ran for 474 performances. Mixing ballet, singing, and acting by same performers. Russia became ballet center of the world. Traditional tutu was developed, allowing more leg work to be seen and possible for female dancers.
