DAN 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Isadora Duncan, Marie-Anne De Cupis De Camargo, Ballet Dancer
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1713: the rise of the star dancer: Paris opera ensures there are always well trained dancers available. Dancers from then on dedicate their lives to dance (middle class) Entire lives revolve around classes, rehearsals and shows. Claude balon or jean ballon: (1676-1739: known for jumps, handsome, great technique, modern dancers coined his last name as a term for ease in jumps. Louis pecour: ballet master succeeds beauchamp as the director of the paris opera, precise and graceful, great musicality and inventor of dance, invents minuettte (social dance) Francoise prevost: first female ballet star, debuted in the paris opera in 1699, 30 yrs. Being the foremost prima ballerina of her day: widely admired for dramatic expressiveness and lightness, great choreographer (first female choreographer, becomes a teacher. Retires from paris opera in 1757, given most retirement of any other dancer. Leaves the paris opera because teacher and has most success in london. Regarded as one of the first female choreographer.
