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Le Théàtre

Le Théàtre. Beginnings. In France, began in the Middle Ages (12 th century) Dramatizations of rituals – Christmas and Easter Plays transferred from church hall open air Latin was substituted for vernacular. 12 th -15 th centuries: The Middle Ages.

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Le Théàtre

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  1. Le Théàtre

  2. Beginnings • In France, began in the Middle Ages (12th century) • Dramatizations of rituals – Christmas and Easter • Plays transferred from church hall open air • Latin was substituted for vernacular

  3. 12th-15th centuries: The Middle Ages • Farce (humorous satire of human failings) • Sottie (conversation among idiots) • Mystery play (Christian mysteries/Saints’ lives) • Morality play (educate through entertainment – choose a Godly life over one of evil) • Physical humor and deliberate absurdity • Miracle play (re-enactments of real-life miracles in ordinary lives) • Passion play (re-enactment of Passion of Jesus Christ)

  4. 12th-15th centuries: The Middle Ages • Farce (humorous satire of human failings) • Sottie (conversation among idiots) • Mystery play (Christian mysteries/Saints’ lives) • Morality play (educate through entertainment – choose a Godly life over one of evil) • Physical humor and deliberate absurdity • Miracle play (re-enactments of real-life miracles in ordinary lives) • Passion play (re-enactment of Passion of Jesus Christ)

  5. 16th century:Renaissance Theatre • Biblical tragedy (stories taken from the Bible) • Ancient tragedy (stories taken from mythology or history) • Contemporary tragedy (stories taken from recent events)

  6. 17th century: Baroque theatre • Royal court had gotten tired of tragedies • Molière (1622-1673) – a favorite of the king • Satire – ridicules individuals and society for its shortcomings with a goal of improvement • Tartuffe ouL’Imposteur • Le MaladieImaginaire • Bourgeois Gentilhomme

  7. Le MaladieImaginaire • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh_D0t2SOE

  8. 18th century: Classicism • Three Unities • Unity of place (the setting should not change) • Unity of time (the entire play should take place in 24 hours) • Unity of action (one central story, all secondary plots linked to it)

  9. Late 18th century: French Revolution • Theater served as a forum for political expression and debate

  10. 20th century • Theatrical experiments • Influenced by Dada and Surrealism • “Theatre of the Absurd” – refused simple explanations, abandoned traditional characters, plots, and staging • EugèneIonesco – Rhinoceros • Berenger (protagonist) watches all his friends turn into rhinoceroses one by one until he is left alone • Horror of ideological conformism

  11. Rhinocéros • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9F1WE8qlsU

  12. La Danse

  13. La Danse

  14. Ballet: Beginnings • Began in Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries • Quickly spread to French court • Creation of classical ballet – Louis XIV • Académie Royale de Danse • 1672 Paris Opera Ballet – first professional ballet company

  15. Types of Ballet • Classical ballet (traditional ballet technique) • Neoclassical ballet (more extreme tempos and more technical feats, less rigid, focus on structure) • Contemporary ballet (influenced by ballet and modern dance – abdominal strength from classical ballet + greater range of movement)

  16. Classical Ballet • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWStlaBdxcg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDYW46PjA8&feature=related

  17. Neoclassical Ballet • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UWI9NZOEk&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLB18F9005C5B833B8

  18. Contemporary Ballet • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF2k4RRfBb0

  19. The Can-Can • First appeared in working-class ballrooms in Paris • Originally a dance for couples and individuals • “Can-can” – “tittle-tattle” or “scandal” • Many attempts to repress it (groups of men were arrested at public dance halls) • Highly paid women performers at Moulin Rouge • Now performed on stage in a chorus line • French Can-Can: choreographed routine with opportunities for individuals to display their “specialties”

  20. The Can-Can • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0gYi1YEZ8

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