DAN 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Thoinot Arbeau, Renaissance Dance, Orbital Inclination
Document Summary
Used as a way to show wealth. Ballet as a term derives from ballare (italian: to dance) Developments outside of dance that contributed to its growth theatrically. Art and painting i. e. leonardo di vinci and michelangelo. Music: first time music is written for dance rather than vice versa. Square within a square: represents virtuous design. 3 circles within one another: represents perfect truth. Lavish lifestyle: wanted to show off in order to hold social events and to pay to train the children in dance. Essential for a place in court and proper baring. More vocabulary for steps and patterns emerged and people needed someone to teach them. Throughout renaissance dance steps got more intricate: this bring the start of the barre, first barre was just rope and chairs, used to show students intricate jumps in slow motion. Trained other men to go out through italy and train others. Documented work as a dancing master (orchesography)
