DANCE APPRECIATION LECTURE OUTLINE SPRING 2012 WEEK TWO Read Chapter One in the Text The Medieval Period The 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 Baghdad was the cultural center of Islam The Renaissance 1400 to 1700 A D A rebirth renewed interest in the arts and culture of the Ancient World Court Ballets Louis XIV 1638 1715 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 Outcomes Courtly Manners Memory of Sequence of Steps Awareness of Space The Royal Academy of Dance The Academy Royale de la Danse Catherine de Medici 1519 1589 Dance Masters from Italy to France Court of Henri Duc d Orleans Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx Ballet de Polonais Ballet Comique de la Reine Basse Danse Haute Danse Five Positions of the Feet and Five Positions of the Arms Folk Dance for Commoners and Working Class Citizens Minuet Pavan Galliard Volta Dance in non Western and non European Courts Differences and Similarities 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 Video Dance at Court