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Period: Feb 6, 1100 to May 1, 1199
Ancient Period
aesthetic elements were conciously sought,developed, inwriting, agriculture & goverment helped to shape the dance aesthetic. Represent captain themes. Height of ancient period was the great period. -
Period: Apr 1, 1200 to May 1, 1300
Medieval period
church saw dance as a pagon acitivity.
Dance was banned unless in church. -
Period: May 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
The individual remained popular with working class. Ballet started to emerge.
King louis XIV granted permission for first ballet school. -
Ballet
Ballet began to be more serious & theatrical "turned out" vocabulary was developed. Recognizable as art form. -
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Jazz
African slaves brought Jazz to us.
Other countries started jazz before is.
Jazz time started with ragtime&blues -
Ballet
The most notable ballet performance was Letters on Dancing and Ballets, which was choreographed by the Frenchman Jean Georges Noverre. -
Ballet
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Modern - Jose Limon
At age seven he moved to the United States, where he later studied with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman and danced with their company (1930–1940). He established his own company in 1947, with Humphrey as artistic director. The company toured worldwide during Limón's life and remained active after his death. -
Modern - Isadora Duncan
was inventor of the American modern dance, where the solar plexus and the torso began to be seen as the source of the dance movement instead of the feet as in ballet which was rejected in favor of less artificial movements, unrestricted costumes and emotional expression utilization. She inspired not only dancers, but also other kinds of artists. -
ballet
Aerial pointework, turns & leg beats all increased invention of tutu.
"Contemperary" ballet in Russia by michael fokine, first choreographer for russian ballet. -
Ballet - George Balanchine
George Balanchine, student of passion imperdial school of ballet, co-founder of school of american ballet, he was the artistic director for the new york city ballet in 1948. -
Hip Hop
Earl Tucker ( snake hips ) starts dancing . He became known as the "Human Boa Constrictor" after the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s called the "snakehips (Dance)" -
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Jazz
Seymor Felix introduced "musicals". He began his showbiz career as pofessionla dancer in vaudeville at the age of 15, in the 1920s he became dance director in New York, where her created and staged dance numbers for stage shows. -
Hip Hop - Dj kool herc
Is a DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music, in The Bronx, New York City. His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx. In response to the reactions of his dancers, Campbell began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat—the "break"—and switch from one break to another to yet another. -
Modern - Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958. It was a hugely popular, multi-racial modern dance ensemble that popularized modern dance around the world thanks to extensive world tours. His most famous dance is Revelations -
Hip Hop - Don Campbell
In 1971, Campbell joined the cast of Soul Train once the program arrived in Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer until 1973, when he was removed from the program for requesting that performers be paid.[2] He then recruited other dancers who had been removed for the same reason, and with them founded the Lockers. -
Hip Hop - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson thrilled fans with his music videos, revolutionized pop music with his dance moves, and captivated everyone with his eccentricities. He had the unique ability to marry rock, pop, R & B, and hip-hop music, without losing his musical identity. Over the years, hip-hop has often paid tribute to the King of Pop through the art of sampling. -
Primitive Period
Dance is used as communication. Dance ritual is to worship & appease the gods. & done at special occasions. Focused on fertility&having an abundant harvest.
