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Theater- Dance

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Time
Tempo, Rhythm, Duration
Tap
Evolved in the early 20th century
Dance
An art form that exists in both time and space and that is instrumented by the human body.
Martha Graham
Firmly established modern dance as an accepted artistic from.
Traditional Ballet
Is narrative, first dance to be performed for an audience, is highly structured.
Ballet
Evolved from Italian court ballet, flourished under Louis XIV, Royal Academy of Dance created in 1661.
Jazz
Evolved from a fusion of African rhythms, European folk dances and the American jazz music of the 1920's, highly emotional, utilizes syncopation to highten the power and energy.
Isadora Duncan
Mother of Modern Dance
Labanotation
Most well known documentation method created by Rudolf Laban.
Renaissance Dance
Social, primarily for aristocracy and royalty, indicated education and good breeding. (Schotish, Gavotte, Pavane, Morris, Courante)
Buck-and-Wing
Afast style of dance done in wooden sole shoes.
Energy
Force, weight, dynamics,
Pierre Beauchamp
Appointed Superintendent of the Kings Ballet, formed a vocabulary of ballet, Documented foot and body positions of traditional ballet.
Soft shoe
Done in soft leather shoes.
Technical Support
costumes, lighting, setting/props, music.
Folk/National Dance
A way to preserve ethnic identity. (clogging, polka, square dancing, hula)
Duration
How long the dance/piece/movement lasts.
Tempo
speed variation
Space
Body shapes, line,shape, levels, positive and negative space, placement, floor patterns, designs by groups of dancers.
That's dancing
Loie Fuller, Busby Berkeley, Ruby Keeler, Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Ray Bolger, Fred Astaire.
Rhythm
Relationships in time between parts of a composition
Choreographer
The creator of a dance.
Modern Dance
20th century, celebrated individuality, reaction against traditional ballet, story was not necessary.
Dance Origins
Myth/Ritual, Religion, Communication/Oral history.

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