Fall Dance Final 2024

Ancient Civilizations

As cities and states began to develop across the globe, dance remained a big part of life events, religious activities, social celebrations, and entertainment.

Ancient Egyptian Civilizations

Both men and women were trained as professional dancers for entertainment hosted by nobility or rich.

Ancient Greek Civilizations

Dance was a valued part of society. During the golden age of Greece, a person was considered educated if he could dance.

Tragedies: Dancers used powerful symbolic gestures as they moved as a group

Comedies: Dancers did quick light movements, mimed fights, and played games

Ancient Roman Civilizations

Dance was done for religious, social and entertainment purposes. Young aristocrat trained in dance as part of their education. Pantomimists were performers who were masked and used movement without words to tell legends, myths, and stories. They were accompanied by a man tapping a rhythm while the pantomime posed like statues, gestures, world, and lead to tell their story.

The Resistance

The resistance began in Italy were Aristocracy loved entertainment royal houses often had a resident dance master to teach the latest dances along with manners and etiquette expected at court dancing was considered an important measure to determine a person standing in court society

Dance in the Middle Ages

Dance was used as a way to escape the drudgery of every day life so they welcomed events or amusements for both peasants and nobility. Dance was an amusement that celebrated the agricultural season, live events, religious holiday, and the feasts

King Louis XIV

This very important figure helped create the royal Academy of dance that later turned into the Paris opera ballet

The French Revolution

What major event in the 18th century caused dancers and dance masters to relocate across Europe and America?

Ballet d’action

Once ballet was identified as an independent art form, it became a self contained dramatic work with a story told through Dance and pantomime. what was this new form of ballet called?

Minuet

This dance had a couple dance in 3/4 time or in other triple Meters. The man and woman perform these steps in S or Z figures. It was very popular in the beginning of the 18th century.

Jean-Georges Noverre

This important figure identified ballet as an independent art form, and began to lay down rules and principles to creating full length ballets.

Dance in our time

-The breakaway from classical ballet that created a more modern style

-Some modern techniques were based on improvisation

-Dancers and choreographers related their work to the more human experience in connection experimenting with pedestrian movement, dance task, and sight specific work

-George Balanchine formed the New York City ballet

Head

Cranium

Callor bone

Clavicle

Bone that connects clavicle and Humerus

Scapula

Part of you arm above the elbow

Humerus

Shorter arm bone below the elbow

Ulna

Longer arm bone below the elbow

Radius

Wrist bones

Carpals

Bottom part of your finger

Metacarpals

Top part of your fingers

Phalanges

Jaw

Mandible

Connects your ribs

Sternum

Back bone

Spine

Connects spine to legs

Pelvis

Nine and dancer

How many stage direction are there and whose perspective are they from.

Shadow

What is the definition of efface?

To Melt

What is the definition of Fondu

To Whirl

What is the definition of Pirouette

Whipped

What is the definition of fouetté

Jumping

What is the definition of sauté

To glide

What is the definition of glissade

In the shape of a cross

What is the definition of En croix

Unfolded

What is the definition of developpe

Big jump

What is the definition of grand jete

Crossed

What is the definition of Croise

Outward

What is the definition on en dedors

Forward

What is the definition of devant

Circle of the leg

What is the definition of Rond de jambe

High

What is the definition of en hunt

Light and lively

What is the definition of allegro

Downstage

If moving toward the audience, what direction are you moving?

Reverenced

What is the final exercise and ballet class? What should always be done at the end Of a dance class.