DAN 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Proscenium, General Idea
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Ballet a entr e: series of independent scenes linked together by a general idea (doesn"t. Dance in 17th century france have a story line) Featured plot or story line is important to dances. Action plot and story line are most important part of a ballet. Get to a serious place, most works called for practiced professional performers (nobility) Called for professional dancers (start of dance as a profession) Move out of ballrooms and halls and into theatres. Rather than above the audience faces the scene straight on. Pushes dance, acting and theater into professionalism. Helps separate the do-er from the watcher. For a long time the audience and performers were on the same level (audience on stage) Performers are no longer private because of the charge of admission. Anyone with the price of a ticket could buy one. Spread and invited everyone to enjoy it (all populations) Queen elizabeth wanted everyone to go so it was made affordable.
