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Transcript of DANCE LECTURE #1 DANCER’S PACKET / HISTORY. THE 3 MAIN SCHOOLS OF TECHNIQUE Italian (Cecchetti):...
DANCE LECTU
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THE 3 MAIN SCHOOLS OF TECHNIQUE
Italian (Cecchetti):Known for clean, classical lines
Virtuosity within a delicate framework
French:Known for soft, graceful movements
Ornate rococo style (decorative, baroque)
Russian:Known for its strength in spacious lines
Grand movements and rich style
A DANCER’S STANCE
Turn-out:- Enables a dancer to move quickly and smoothly in any direction
possible
- Achieved by using the muscles to rotate the legs from inside the hip sockets
- Comes from the hips
Pull-up:- long, tall, erect posture
- Common mistake: sticking out the ribcage
- Correct: shoulder over the hips, stomach lifted, belly button to spine
Placement: - Proper alignment throughout the body helps balance and ability to
control movement
- center
STAGE DIRECTIONS
FIXED POINTS FOR THE DANCER
POSITIONS OF THE HEAD
lowered inclined raised erect turned
POSITIONS OF THE FEET
PORT DE BRAS - CECCHETTI
PORT DE BRAS - RUSSIAN
PORT DE BRAS - FRENCH
BODY POSITIONS - CECCHETTI
Croise devant A la
quatrieme devant
A la seconde
Epaule
ecarte efface A la quatrieme derriere
Croise derriere
ARABESQUES - RUSSIAN
ARABESQUES – FRENCH
ARABESQUES - CHECCHETTI
First arabesqu
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Second arabesque
Third
arabesque
Fourth arabesque
Fifth arabesque
TODAY’S INNOVATORS/MODERN DANCE
Post modern dance = avant garde = innovative and experimental
Doris Humphrey
Katherine Dunham
Jose Limon
Merce Cunningham/John Cage
Paul Taylor
Alvin Ailey
Twyla Tharp
Pilobolus
Mark Morris
POST-MODERN DANCE
Modern dance began as a rebellion against ballet. Soon, many artists began to imitate the great modern dance innovators such as Graham and Duncan. This lead to a revolt within modern dance itself. Dances were too “introspective” and and soon, the young dancers trained in the many schools and techniques of modern dance were too proficient in the genre. The original goal of modern dance, to express emotion through gesture, was being lost to the highly trained dancers in the technique.
All artists of this time abandoned the practices of their forerunners of the 1930s and 40s and began to rebel against the conventional structures and themes for something more abstract. Artists turned to a more Eastern approach using philosophy and theories of chance in order to break down the barriers between art and life.
Words to describe the art of this time (1960s) were, “pop,” “minimal,” “atonal,” collage,” “found art,” or “nonobjective.”
Concept was more important that the artwork itself.
“Of course you have to have technique– but you don’t have to show it off for its own sake! You must be motivated even to make an entrance on the stage—else why perform at all?” –Pauline Koner, artist from Doris Humphrey’s company
DORIS HUMPHREY
Early modern dance innovator 2nd generation of modern dance pioneers
Best know for her work, “The Shakers”
Trained with Denishawn School; separated and moved to NY with Charles Weidman in 1928
Formed Humphrey-Weidman Company created “The Shakers”
Retired in 1945 became artistic director of Jose Limon Dance Company
Her movement explored the ideas of weight and fall and recovery
KATHERINE DUNHAM
Formed Ballet Negres – 1931
Katherine Dunham Dance Company formed from Ballet Negres
Toured during the 1940s hughly successful
“Dancer Katherine the Great”
“Queen Mother of Black Dance”
Signature work, “Shango”
MERCE CUNNINGHAM/JOHN CAGE
Born: 1919 – 2009
Began dancing: Moved to NY and studied at the American School of Ballet
Soloist with Martha Graham Dance Company
Founded his own dance co. in 1953 at Black Mountain College
Worked with John Cage throughout his career
Created dances by using the Chance Dance method
Was part of the founding committee of the choreography computer program called DanceForms
Cunningham choreographed, “Points in Space,” in 1986 with composer John Cage, which incorporated film and live dance. Innovative for the time. Took into account the multiple points of view of the camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_kLcdijz8