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1 DANCE

2 Crash course: giant leaps through the history of dance
Introduction: Daft Punk – Around The World Overview: development of Western dance Examples: -> Le Roi danse -> Ballet Russe ‘Sacre du Printemps’ -> Martha Graham -> Bounce While viewing these we focus on movements use of space style

3 Who dances to which rhythm?
Double click on image for link to film D e s c r i b e t h e i r m o v e m e n t s using words from the elements and principles of dance (in your reader)

4 Versailles rules ‘Le roi dance’
How would students describe the landscape? Strict, within boundaries, symmetrical, mind over matter

5 Context Absolutism from 1661 Old feudal nobility become courtier
Revival intellectual and artistic creativity Court has a strong influence on cultural climate in France and abroad Art as propaganda Louis XIV favors academies Classical baroque music Rigaud. Louis XIV. 1701

6 Dance at the ‘Academy’ For entertainment and glorification
Court ballet (ballet de cour) Ballet Comedy (ballet comique) -> emphasis on acting / comedy Ballet Opera -> ballet and opera are combined / content based on a mythological tragedy Molière playwright Lully composer

7 Académie Royale de la Danse
Established in First dance academy - Professionalisation of the ‘theatre’ at court - Developing of notation system to capture dance in writing with the aid of reference signs - En dehors (outside!) – Men only! Now, let us try these positions – how do they feel? How would you describe what you feel? Students stand up and try (teacher also tries). If there is an expert in class, he/she can explain

8 Ballet de la Nuit First official step towards the
absolute power of Louis XIV (1653) Victory of Good over Evil 'Le roi soleil' as Rising Sun, Honor, Grace, Love, Wealth, Victory, Celebrity and Peace (allegorical) Elegance and grace Stately and quiet dance Double click on ‘FRAGMENT’ for the film Louis XIV as ‘King of the sun’, Ballet of the Night, 1653 FRAGMENT

9 Ballet Russe ‘Sacre du Printemps’
1913, commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, composed by Stravinsky Depicts a pagan ritual in which a virgin (who is to be sacrificed) dances herself to death so that the spring can begin SCANDAL: More attention to rhythm than melody In terms of dance: the classical ballet etiquette was completely violated! What differences do you see when you compare these movements with the previous ones? Double click on image for film

10 Martha Graham ‘The body never lies’
Let us try some REVOLUTIONAIRY dance CONTRACT your arm muscles RELAX CONTRACT your abdominal muscles RELAX CONTRACT your buttocks RELAX CONTRACT your leg muscles RELAX

11 Martha Graham Dancer and choreographer (1894-1991) Early modern dance
Graham technique: tension (contraction) and release of the muscles Driven by the natural rhythm of breathing and the ‘solar plexus’, an imaginary point in the diaphragm just below the sternum, the centre of the body. Notice the difference in movements? Double click on image for film (voor meer informatie over de danstechniek van Graham)

12 Bounce : Insane in the Brain
Double click on image for film Street dance, inspired by the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Watch the clip: movements, use of space, style?

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