BALLET

DANCE
HISTORY OF BALLET
 ORIGINATED DURING THE ITALIAN REINAISSANCE
COURTS IN THE 15th CENTURY WAS BROUGHT TO
FRANCE BY CATHERINE DE MEDICI IN THE 16th
CENTURY
 IN THE 17th CENTURY, BALLET POPULARITY IN
FRANCE INCREASED AND STARTED TO BE
PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL DANCERS WITH
GREAT ACROBATIC SKILLS.
 BALLET DEVELOPED UNDER ARISTOCRATIC
INFLUENCE AS A FORMALIZED FORM OF A DANCE.
ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MUSIQUE
FOUNDED BY KING LOUIS XIV
 ITS OWN VOCABULARY IS BASED ON
FRENCH TERMINOLOGY

BALLETO : (ITALIAN) “TO DANCE, TO

JUMP ABOUT”
TYPES OF BALLET
CLASSICAL BALLET
IS BASED ON TRADITIONAL
TECHNIQUE AND
VOCABULARY
ROMANTIC BALLET
AN ERA DURING THE EARLY 16TH

CENTURY IN WHICH BALLETS

FEATURED THEMES THAT
EMPHASIZED INTENSE EMOTIONS AS
SOURCE OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE.
 NEO-CLASSIC BALLET
STYLE THAT UTILIZES CLASSICAL BALLET
TECHNIQUE AND VOCABULARY, BUT DEVIATES
FROM CLASSICAL IN ITS USE OF THE ABSTRACT.
CONTEMPORARY BALLET
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
BALLET ATTIRE
 FOR PRACTICE/REHEARSAL
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
FOR
DANCE PERFORMANCE
THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
 SOFT SHOES POINTE SHOES
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.

BASIC
BALLET
MOVEMENTS
BALLET POSITIONS
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
BALLET POSITIONS:
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
(FEET)
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
PLIE’ GRAND PLIE’
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.
DANCE THAT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR ANY STYLE
TO INFLUENCE A WORK MADE UTILIZING BALLET
TECHNIQUE.

RELEVE’
SAUTE
ARABESQUE
-Thank you,
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