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| Ballet De Couer (The Court Ballet) |
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| NOT performed on a stage/proscenium. Dancers made shapes and floor patterns instead of focusing on the steps often in honor of King/The State. |
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| •Ballet Comique De La Reine Louise: |
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| The earliest known court ballet commissioned by Catherine De Medici. |
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| Known as the “Sun King” and created the Royal Academy of Dancing in France. Danced up until his body couldn’t anymore. |
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| Dance master of the Royal Academy of Dancing and Louis’s court ballet. (Pantomime & Acrobatics become more important). |
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| England’s form of the court ballet. |
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| beginning of Ballet d’actions |
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| Dramatic ballet, or ballet with a storyline. Emerged around the 18th century. |
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| influenced ballet d’actions a lot, less spectacle, and more mime. |
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| began the use of the proscenium stage |
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| ballerina known for her technique & fast beats. |
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| ballerina known for her dramatic capabilities. |
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| beginning of romantic ballet |
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| founder of rising onto “pointe”, wearing long tutus, and created the role of La Sylphide. |
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| Taglioni’s rival. Known for her Spanish flavor of dance: danse tacqetee. |
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| choreographed Giselle and Pas de Quatre |
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| The role of Giselle was written for her in the romantic ballet 19th century. |
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| Dancer known for his leaps and jumps, he founded the Royal Ballet of Denmark. |
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| All dancers and choreographers manifested/fled themselves to Russia before the revolution |
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| choreographed the most famous classical ballets including: Swan Lake, The part of the black swan, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. |
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3 to 5 Acts.
2 Acts were fantasy oriented. 3 & 4 were Pas De Duex.
1 Duet, 1 male solo, 1 female solo, and 1 grand pas de duex. (adagio & coda) |
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| assisted with the White Swan in Swan Lake, and the snowflake scene in the Nutcracker (the choreographer of white). |
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| first ballerina to do the 32 fouettes at the end of the black swan’s pas de duex. |
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| choreographed Don Quixote, and was influenced by the realism of Stainslavky. |
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| created “Firebird”, “Spectre De La Rose”, and Les Sylphides formerly known as Chopinianna. Changed up costuming and streamlined them for free movement. |
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| formed the Ballet Russes in 1909 by bringing all artists together to Russia. |
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| •People in the Ballet Russes |
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| Stravinsky, Balanchine, Ninjinska, Nijinsky, Massine, Picasso, Satie, Roualt, Bakst, and Prokoviev. Disbanded after 1929. |
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| choreographed The Parade, and The 3 Cornered Hat. |
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| choreographed The Rite of Spring |
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| choreographed Les Noces, about peasantry |
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| famous for his neo-classical ballets. Choreographed Apollo, The Prodigal Son, and founded the American Ballet, later known as The Ballet Society, later known as The New York City School of ballet. Once was a part of the Metropolitan Opera. |
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| Became the Royal Ballet and founded by Ninette de Valois. |
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| England founded by Marie Rambert. |
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| worked with the Ballet Club. Created the psychological ballet. Choreographed “Pillar of Fire”, “Dark Elegies”, “Lilac Garden”, “Undertow”, and “Echoing of Trumpets.” |
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| created ballet audiences. |
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| •George’s first premier ballet |
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| was Serenade, for 17 dancers because that’s who showed up to rehearsal. |
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| •Lucia Chase & Richard Pleasant |
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| founded cash for the American Ballet. Classical company repitore under Anton Doline, Fokine under Fokine, English under Anton Tudor, and American under Eugene Loring (who choreographed billy the kid). |
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| choreographed “Fiddler on the Roof”, “West Side Story”, and “Fancy Free”. |
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| started Joffrey Ballet in 1954, created the first psychedelic ballet “Astarte”. |
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| Choreographed “Deuce Coupes”. |
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| Choreographed the first rock ballet “Trinity”. |
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