PPT-History of Ballet Vocabulary

Plié to bend Tendu stretched Tombé to fall falling Pas de bourrée step back side front Grand big Demi half small Grand Jeté big leap Balancé rocking . Like other dance forms ballet may tell a story express a mood or simply reflect the music But a ballet dancers technique way of performing and special skills differ greatly from those of other dancers Ballet dancers perform many movements that are u Born1519 to powerful Medici family of Italy. Orphan as a child . Raised in a convent where she learned Latin and Greek. . Married at age 14 to Duke Henry II of Orleans, the future King of France. . Chapter 5 from . Learning About Dance. textbook by Nora . Ambrosio. Ballet’s Beginnings. Domenico. . da. Piacenza (1400-1470), of Italy, wrote a book called . De Arte Saltandi ed Choreas Ducendi . By Daniel Ward. New techniques in dance. Being En Point. Using the man to make the woman weight less.. Woman were made the main star of the show. Starting at the . B. arre. when training was popularize. By Alyssa Eve Mitchel. Dominican University of California. Introduction: The Female, Adolescent, Pre-Professional Ballet Dancer. Substantial Physical Demands. Increasing Pressure. Ideal Ballet Body. One pre-professional dancer: . By Connor Ballet Madrigal  A type of madrigal in strophic form which was originally danced to. It features a fa - la - la refrain at the end of each verse .  Ballett is from the re Ballet Technique Includes…. 5 positions of the feet. Use of pointed feet. Toe shoes for women. Codified positions of arms and legs. Lightness. Movements emphasizing balance and elevation. French terminology. A brief introduction on the history of Ballet as we know it.. Ballet Video #1. Written Records of Dance. The understanding of what types of dances were done before any written record comes from musical scores, literary references and artistic depictions.. Ballet Technique Includes…. 5 positions of the feet. Use of pointed feet. Toe shoes for women. Codified positions of arms and legs. Lightness. Movements emphasizing balance and elevation. French terminology. The Pastoral Symphony –Dance of the Hours . The Pastoral . Symphony . ~ . Ludwig van . Beethoven. The . Pastoral Symphony . takes place on the slopes of Mount Olympus. . It is a comical and romantic romp of characters, . By: Tyler Rose and Lucas Rodgers. Author of Nutcracker . . Peter Tchaikovsky wrote the enjoyable ballet phenomenon, The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker consists of advanced ballet and opera. People have enjoyed seeing his amazing work over one century.. Ballet Frontier of Texas . . . Act II of . The Nutcracker. Experience . Introduction. Enrichment. Projects. About Us. IFW Donors. Outline. . I. Experience . . 1. About the Production . 2. Tips for watching ballet. Plié – to bend. Tendu. – stretched . Tombé. - to fall, falling. Pas de . bourrée. – step back, side, front. Grand . -big. Demi – half, small. Grand . Jeté. - big leap . Balancé. - . rocking . WHERE IT ORIGINATED. Ballet began during the Renaissance around the year 1500 in Italy.. The word “ballet” and “ball” as in masked ball come from the Italian ballare, to dance.. HOW IT STARTED TO SPREAD.