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HISTORYA FORMALIZED DANCE WITH ITS ORIGINS IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE COURTS OFTHE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURY. DEVELOPED FURTHER AT CATHERINE DE' MEDICI.
OVERVIEW IN THE LATE 17TH CENTURY, LOUIS XIV FOUNDED THE ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MUSIQUE(PARIS OPERA). 1740 – ROYAL DANISH BALLET, IMPERIAL BALLET 1907 – BALLETS RUSSES OF SERGEI DIAGHILEV
1931 – LONDON’S THE ROYAL BALLET 1933 – SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 1937 – AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE 1940 – THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET 1948 – NEW YORK CITY BALLET 1951 - NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA 2002 – THE DELHI BALLET
20TH CENTURY – GEORGE BALANCHINE DEVELOPED NEO-CLASSICAL BALLET THE FRENCH WORD BALLET HAS ITS ORIGINS IN ITALIAN BALLARE MEANS “TO DANCE”.
RENAISSANCE ITALY-FRANCE • DOMENICO DA PIACENZA – ONE OF THE FIRST DANCING MASTERS ALONG WITH HIS STUDENTS ANTONIO CORNAZANNO AND GUGLIELMO EBREO, HE LEFT ONE WORK “DE ARTE SALTANDI ET CHOREUS DUCENDI” (ON THE ART OF DANCING AND CONDUCTING DANCES)
CATHERINE DE MEDICI – AN ITALIAN ARISTOCRAT MARRIED HENRY II • BALLET COMIQUE DE LA REINE (1581) – 1ST BALLET DE COUR, CHOREOGRAPHED & DIRECTED BY BALTHASAR DE BEAUJOYEULX, COMMISSIONED BY LOUISE OF LORRAINE, QUEEN CONSORT OF KING HENRY III, SON OF CATHERINE – ITS PURPOSE IS TO CELEBRATE THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY’S FAVORITE THE DUKE DE JOYEUSE TO MARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, SISTER OF QUEEN LOUISE
FRANCE COURTDANCE • PIERRE BEAUCHAMP (1650) • LOUIS XIV (1661) – Academieroyale de danse • Director of the dance academy (1680 – 1687) • JeaN-BAPTISTE LULLY (1652)
LOUIS XIV (1669) – FOUNDED ACADEMIE D’OPERA W/ PIERRE PERRIN • POMONE – MUSIC BY ROBERT CAMBERT • PHILIPPE QUINAULT – TRAGEDIE EN MUSIQUE
19TH CENTURY • BALLERINA • VIENNA BORN FRIGYES CAMPILI, WHO WORKED IN BUDAPEST FOR 40 YEARS
20TH CENTURY • SERGEI DIAGHILEV – BALLETS RUSSES • DIAGHILEV W/ IGOR STRAVINSKY – THE RITE OF SPRING CHOREOGRAPED BY NIJINSKY • MICHEL FOKINE • AGRIPPINA VAGANOVA – TAUGHT BY PETIPA & CECCHETTI HEADED BY VAGANOVA BALLET ACADEMY
ROMEO & JULIET – PROKOFIEV & LAYROYSKY • FLAMES OF PARIS • CINDERELLA • THE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHISARAI BY KIROV BALLET IN NEW YORK
ADDITIONAL FACTS • VAGANOVA METHOD – AGRIPPINA VAGANOVA • CECCHETI METHOD – ENRICO CECCHETI • BOURNONVILLE METHOD – AUGUSTE BOURNONVILLE • TURNOUT