DANCE APPRECIATION – LECTURE OUTLINE - SPRING 2012 – WEEK TWORead Chapter One in the TextThe Medieval PeriodThe Middle Ages400 to 1400 A.D.The Bubonic Plague – The Black Plague“Danse Macabre” – “The Dance of Death”Fall of the Roman EmpireEarly Christian Church Dictated Artistic EndeavorsDance, because it was physical and pleasurable, was frowned upon and even banned unless created specifically for the purpose of glorifying the ChurchSymbols of death and dying abound – skulls, skeletons, black masks and black drapingDance and other artistic pursuits flourished during this time in the Islamic culturesBaghdad was the cultural center of IslamThe Renaissance1400 to 1700 A.D.A rebirth – renewed interest in the arts and culture of the Ancient WorldCourt BalletsLouis XIV (1638-1715)The Sun King – Patterned after Apollo, The Sun GodThe Palace at VersaillesDance became a weapon of state – a way to control the aristocracyCourtiers must be as well versed in the art of dance as they are in the military artsOutcomes: Courtly Manners – Memory of Sequence of Steps – Awareness of SpaceThe Royal Academy of Dance – The Academy Royale de la DanseCatherine de Medici (1519-1589)Dance Masters from Italy to FranceCourt of Henri, Duc d’ OrleansBalthasar de BeaujoyeulxBallet de PolonaisBallet Comique de la Reine Basse DanseHaute DanseFive Positions of the Feet and Five Positions of the ArmsFolk Dance for Commoners and Working Class CitizensMinuet, Pavan, Galliard, VoltaDance in non-Western and non-European Courts – Differences and SimilaritiesCourt of the Emperor of JapanCourt of the Sultan of JavaCourt of the King of the Ashanti – GhanaThe past comes to life in the time capsule of court ritualVideo: Dance at