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DANCE APPRECIATION LECTURE OUTLINE WEEK TWO Medieval Period Middle Ages 400 to 1400 A D The Bubonic Plague The Black Plague Danse Macabre The Dance of Death Fall of the Roman Empire Early Christian Church Dictated Artistic Endeavors Dance because it was physical and pleasurable was frowned upon and even banned unless created specifically for the purpose of glorifying the Church Symbols of death and dying abound skulls skeletons black masks and black draping Dance and other artistic pursuits flourished during this time in the Islamic cultures Aesthetic elements flourish in the East Baghdad cultural center of Islam Renaissance Period 1400 to 1700 A D A rebirth renewed interest in the arts and culture of the Ancient World Court Ballets Louis XIV 1638 1715 Louis XIV was King of France from 1643 1715 and commissioned many ballets in which he himself performed The Sun King Patterned after Apollo The Sun God The Palace at Versailles Dance became a weapon of state a way to control the aristocracy Courtiers must be as well versed in the art of dance as they are in the military arts Desired Outcomes Courtly Manners Memory of Sequence of Steps Awareness of time and space The Royal Academy of Dance The Academy Royale de la Danse 1661 Catherine de Medici 1519 1589 Dance Masters from Italy to France 1559 Court of Henri Duc d Orleans Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx c 1535 1587 Ballet de Polonais 1573 Comique de la Reine 1581 Basse Danse Haute Danse Creation of the proscenium stage Five Positions of the Feet and Arms Pierre Beauchamp Development of turn out and increased technical proficiency Folk Dance for Commoners and Working Class Citizens Minuet Pavan Galliard Volta Jean Georges Noverre 1727 1810 Letters on Dancing and Ballet Ballet d action Dance in non Western and non European Courts Differences and Similarities Still strong ties to the privileged and the ruling class Court of the Emperor of Japan Court of the Sultan of Java Court of the King of the Ashanti Ghana The past comes to life in the time capsule of court ritual The history of a nation often tied to its dance history social and cultural connections revealed in the dance Text Chapter One and Chapter Five Video Dance at Court


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