JAZMIN HSC TIMELINE ACTIVITY

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  • 3300 BCE

    First Dancing known to humanity

    First Dancing known to humanity
    It is believed that the first people to dance were the Egyptians. Archaeologists discovered paintings of dancing figures in rock shelters and caves.

  • Thionot Arbeu - The positions of dance are created.

    Thionot Arbeu - The positions of dance are created.
    Orchésographie is the step-by-step depiction of the 16th century. First position, the heels are together, with the toes turned out. second position, the feet are widened both turned outward. third position, the heel of one foot rests against the instep of the other. fourth position, one foot rests about 12 inches in advance of the other. fifth position, the feet are turned out and pressed closely together, the heel of the one foot against the toe of the other.

  • The first dance academy opened in Paris

    The first dance academy opened in Paris
    The French opera Le Triomphe de l’Amour incorporated ballet elements, starting a long-lasting tradition of opera ballet performances in France.

  • Jean Georges Noverre - Believed ballet could be its own art-form

    Jean Georges Noverre - Believed ballet could be its own art-form
    He stated "Ballet should contain an expressive, dramatic movement that should reveal the relationships between characters"

  • Classical Ballet

    Classical Ballet
    Classical Ballet emerges from French Ballet

  • Tap Dancing Invented

    Tap Dancing Invented
    It is believed that tap dancing started in the mid-1800s. Tap dancing makes percussion sounds because dancers most commonly wear leather shoes with two pieces of metal attached to them and tap hard floors. Tap is still very popular to this day.

  • The first Swan Lake performance

    The first Swan Lake performance
    Swan Lake was first performed on March 4, 1877, at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre.

  • Dorris Humphrey is born

    Dorris Humphrey is born
    Doris Humphrey is known for co-creating American modern dance. She also established the rule that your centre of gravity can leave its balance, but must always return to an evenly split weight throughout your whole body after a move is executed.

  • Bob Fosse is born

    Bob Fosse is born
    Bob Fosse was known as the father of jazz. He choreographed extremely famous films of his time such as 'Chicago' and 'Sweet Charity'.

  • Jazz and Acro Established

    Jazz and Acro Established
    Jazz dance emphasizes rhythm and timing. Some older styles of jazz movements include the shimmy, the Lindy hop, and the Charleston. Acro dance is short for acrobatics. It originated in circuses such as Cirque De Soleil. It involves doing smooth and flexible movements, and lots of tricks. Both these styles are still widely popular.

  • Jazz-Jack Cole

    Jazz-Jack Cole
    Jazz began just for dance, but as the years went on, it advanced into a new, free-flowing music genre. By the mid-1980s, it moved into the more upbeat, energetic jazz dance style we know today.

  • Christopher Bruce born

    Christopher Bruce born
    Created famous contemporary works such as 'The Roster' and 'Swan Song'

  • Contemporary Dance

    Contemporary Dance
    Contemporary dance is a style that combines jazz, ballet, and modern dance. It's said that the first ever contemporary choreographer was Merce Cunningham. It uses abstract movements to convey a story/moral through a deeper emotion.

  • Hip-hop dance Created

    Hip-hop dance Created
    DJ Kool Herc (“Father of Hip Hop”) used to start block parties in the West Bronx. He played music on his turntables and the community would come out to dance.

  • Lyrical Dance becomes popular

    Lyrical Dance becomes popular
    Lyrical is the style combining ballet, jazz, acro and modern dance. Lyrical and contemporary are extremely similar, but contemporary involves more abstraction of movement, whilst lyrical dance consists of more balletic, flow-like compartments.