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Ballet History and Vocabulary

Ballet History and Vocabulary. GOAL: 1. TO BE ABLE TO WRITE OUT THE STEPS OF BALLET AND THE MEANING. 2. TO UNDERSTAND THE ALIGNMENT RULES IN RELATION TO BASIC ANATOMY. 3. TO DEEPEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF BALLET HISTORY AND GEORGE BALANCHINE. BALLET. Where did Ballet begin?.

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Ballet History and Vocabulary

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  1. Ballet History and Vocabulary GOAL: 1. TO BE ABLE TO WRITE OUT THE STEPS OF BALLET AND THE MEANING. 2. TO UNDERSTAND THE ALIGNMENT RULES IN RELATION TO BASIC ANATOMY. 3. TO DEEPEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF BALLET HISTORY AND GEORGE BALANCHINE.

  2. BALLET

  3. Where did Ballet begin? *Ballet originated as court dances (mainly Pas de Boureesand balances/waltzes) in Italy, but quickly migrated to France where they further developed steps and gave them names (which is why all the ballet terms are French). The dances were for royalty, and only for men. *King Louis XIV, who ruled France during the late 1600s, and his nobles, took part in the ballets given at his court. *In 1661, the Sun King, a name he acquired from a role he danced in high-heeled shoes with large guilt buckles complete with shining sun rays, founded the Royal Academy of Dance, which later became the Paris Opera Ballet, the first professional instruction for ballet.

  4. … *It was his outward pointing of toes to show off his shiny shoe buckles laid the foundation for the five basic ballet positions set down by ballet master Pierre Beachamps. It should be noted that up until 1681 all female roles performed at RAD were danced by young men. This was supposedly a strength issue. Enormous headdresses, full heavy skirts and weighty corsets were thought incapable of being carried by the frame of a woman. * It was not until the performance of Le Triomphe de l'Amour in 1681 that the first female dancers performed professionally.

  5. … Around 1830 the ballerina arose as the central part of a ballet, which was previously dominated by men. Pointe?? Marie Taglioni, the first ballerina to dance La Sylphide in Paris 1832, was also rumored to be the first ballerina to dance on her toes in ballet slippers, creating the first pointe shoe.

  6. Early Ballet

  7. How did Ballet get to America? *Russian influence of choreographer George Balanchine that brought ballet to America. The now world-famous New York City Ballet was cofounded by Balanchine, who worked for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes as a young man, and who was invited to work in the United States by a wealthy patron of the arts, Lincoln Kirstein. *Kirstein knew little about ballet and Balanchine knew just as little about America. Balanchine moved towards the creation of plotless ballets where the motivation was movement in response to music rather than to a storyline. His ballet Jewels, which he choreographed in 1967 was the first evening-length ballet of this type.

  8. George Balanchine 1904-1983 St. Petersburg, Russia Balanchine created over 400 works including dances for Broadway, Hollywood movies, operas, the circus and the ballet. His range of choreography spanned the neoclassical (Agon, The Four Temperments, Symphony in Three Movements) to the story ballet (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Coppelia) to the romantic (Vienna Waltzes, Jewels, Symphony in C). In 1933 at the invitation of Lincoln Kirstein, he came to America and co-founded The School of American Ballet in 1934 and the New York City Ballet in 1948.

  9. George Balanchine Rehearsing

  10. Jewels by Balanchine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTir4YZFMA

  11. Ballet Vocabulary • Demi Plie: small/half bend of the knees • Grand Plie: Deep bend of the knees • Cambre: to Bend at the waist, arch • Tendue: to stretch the foot • Degage: to brush • Rond de jambe: round with leg • Fondu: to melt • Frappe: to strike • Grand Battement: In which one leg is extended and returned • Passe: to pass through • Retire: isolated • Developpe: to develop • Pas de Bourreé: a passing step • Balancé: A waltz, to swing • Sauté: to jump • Changement: change • échappe: slip out; escape • échappésautteé: jumping /escape • sissone: to spring • Sous-Sus: Tight fifth position • Soutenu: A turn in fifth position • Grand Jete-A long horizontal jump, starting from one leg and landing on the other.

  12. Ballet Vocabulary • Glissade: slide, to glide • Chassé: To chase the foot • Piqué: prick/sting (will be using with passé) • Jeté: to throw • Arabesque: ornament • 1st arabesque • 2nd arabesque • 3rd arabesque

  13. 12 Body Placement Rules for Ballet Technique 1. Head erect straight on top of spine, ears over shoulders chin up 2. Diaphragm lifted (breathing muscles in rib cage) 3. Spine held straight up and lengthened 4. Shoulders squarely over hip 5. Eyes forward and focused 6. Pelvis centered with the hips placed directly over the feet

  14. 7. Abdomen (lower abdominal muscles) tightened and lifted8.Gluteal muscles contracted to pull down tailbone9. Thighs (quadriceps and hamstrings) pulled up with knees straight10. Feet must bear weight primarily over the metatarsals (long thin bones in the foot).11. Turn out from hip joints (ball and socket joint)12. SMILE

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