Dance 101 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I General Stage Theatre Information II Primitive Period III Ancient Period Outline of Current Lecture II Medieval Period Middle Ages III Renaissance Period Current Lecture Direction of light frontal makes people look flat Side makes people look 2D most flattering and most often used In order to see face there must be bring light Must bring program from concert to take the quiz for the concert Medieval Period Middle Ages 400 to 1400 A D This was a very dark time especially in Europe Water sewage medical care was not highly developed People lived close together Waste was thrown out the window and landed on the street The Bubonic Plague The Black Plague lack of clean water and good sewage Europe was devastated Symptoms high fever if spiked extremely high could develop seizures Class system developing and organized religion developed Western Europe early Christian church became powerful They wanted more money and more power over peoples lived and was very corrupt People practiced dance but church said it was unacceptable unless it glorifies early Christian church Also did this with music and visual arts in order to control the society Christian church blamed plague on dancing Danse Macabre The Dance of Death a result of bubonic plague dance seizures Fall of the Roman Empire Early Christian Church Dictated Artistic Endeavors These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 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 Beauty and art flourished in the middle east Baghdad This was the center of art and was barely affected by the plague Renaissance Period 1400 to 1700 A D none of these dates are exact Renaissance period looks back at ancient period and thinks why cant we be like them A rebirth renewed interest in the arts and culture of the Ancient World Beginnings of ballet court dancing The long rich history of ballet dates back to the fifteenth century Catherine de Medici 1519 1589 born in Italy in the royal house Members of royal family married off to royals in another country She was promised to the royal house of France Sent to marry henri duc d Orleans She thought there was a lack of culture in France She was the reason dance was brought from Italy to France Sometimes called mother of dance She brought top dancers from Italy to France Every country had a court house of nobility Also had a structure of nobility where you stand in the line of importance Dance Masters from Italy to France 1559 Court of Henri Duc d Orleans king of France Court Ballets Dazzling spectacles of ballroom and ballet often consisted of simple floor patterns and poses that revolved around the king Always a bow or reverence to the king Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx c 1535 1587 a dance master from Italy who moved to france because of Catherine France was powerful and had more territory than it does today Ballet de Polonais 1573 dance is power dance is politics Balthazar choreographed this dance To unite and honor the 16 provinces in dance Catherine commissioned it Ballet Comique de la Reine 1581 commissioned by Catherine An entertainment of the rain a royal entertainment The first court ballet Lasted from 10PM to 3 30 AM Danced by a princess and several duchesses Cost 3 million gold frons Pierre Beauchamp 1631 1705 Dance Master first Ballet Master of the Royal Academy of Damce Created the five ballet positions used today developed the technique of using the turned out leg as well as began a system of dance notation Development of turn out and increased technical proficiency Creation of the proscenium stage in late 16 th Century brought a more serious theatrical and preprofessional quality to the ballet Folk Dance for Commoners and Working Class Citizens Minuet Pavan Galliard Volta Louis XIV 1638 1715 came to the thrown at a very young age Young king His nobles top of military wanted his power Listened to Catherine wife of previous king She told him to get control of nobles by sending them to dance classes He created a place where he knew where his nobles were and wanted them to be close to him to keep an eye on him He turned dance into a weapon of state Louis XIV was King of France from 1643 1715 and commissioned many ballets in which he performed The Sun King Patterned after Apollo The Sun God Louis XIV marketed himself as the sun god This connection made it seem like he ruled by divine intention The Palace at Versailles Louis XIV created this King and nobles and staff and family all stayed here Dance classes were held here This was also a way to teach military tactics Dance has a direct connection to military army at the time 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 Video notes Military lines are a dance of power Throughout history kings and queens are honored by ritual and dance Louis XIV inherited thrown of France when country was in wars He wanted total power and to do so he build Versailles Nobles throughout land came to live under one roof All dances begin with bows to king Nobles wanted to move higher and higher on social latter Dance had gotten so advanced it was taking up all the nobles time The Royal Academy of Dance The Academy Royale de la Danse 1661 a way for king to show his power a dance academy Nobles were expected to be models of elegance Required to dance at a professional level Thought it was important to better themselves for court Ballet was now systematically recorded and the court dances were spread all throughout Europe Louis modeled his image after the sun god Symbols were represented and understood Louis XIV danced in some of his own ballets also had a big ego He began tradition of bowing to king in the beginning and end of the dance Women and men dressed in many layers extremely elaborate jewels and heavy outfits and costumes powdered wigs ruffled shirts This prevented athletic dancing Jean Baptiste