3 4 and 3 6 notes Lincoln Kirstein 1907 1996 With Balanchine he Established the school of American Ballet in 1934 Organized numerous companies and touring projects until Formed the New York City Ballet in 1948 First Ballet Balanchine Choreographed in U S SERENADE Agon Examples of traditional Gender roles How is the neoclassical approach imbedded in the work Any evidence of the Romantic Ballerina left The female is always leaning on the male for support She needed him and looked like a puppet just being put into position VERY CONTROVERSIAL DANCE Ballet critics called feminist Is she even necessary Until his death in 1933 Balanchine served as Ballet master at NYC Ballet Choreographed the majority of the productions Ballets celebrated Ballet in the 20th century and 21st century De emphasized plot continues Dance for dance s sake First function Streamlined abstract set and costume design Old stories made new with new choreography and music Swan Lake a contemporary take on the fairy tale Choreography 1997 Matthew Bourne Eventually the combination of ballet with other dance forms such as modern past modern jazz and world dance Music Peter Tchaikovsky Performance Adam Cooper The Swan What differentiates Bournes Choreography from Petipat and Ivanovs Much more modern take on movement Graceful yet aggressive Swan makeup on the men makes them look like actual swans The gender roles aren t there because it s an all male cast Compared to the late 1890s the gender roles had completely disappeared This dance won lots of international awards Rites The Rite of Spring Choreography 1997 Stephen Page Music Igor Stravinsky Performance Bagarrd Dance Theatre and the Australian Ballet What makes this Ballet Contemporary A lot of influence not classical whatsoever Organic Partnering Male and Female rely on each other How has the role of a ballerina changed The ballerina is no longer the main focus There is too much going on In contemporary Ballet it s a mixture of ballet modern and jazz It s more free formed
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