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“Classical Dance Theater” by:

Gerald JonasPresentation by:

Francesca San Roman and AndrewGiles and Edited By: Laura Pratt and

Dr. Kay Picart

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Ballet

• “The royal courts thatnurtured ballet areeither gone or stripped

of their political power,but the courtly ideal ofmaking the most difficultfeats of prowess lookeasy has become an

integral part of the balletaesthetic”(130). 

old.nssnt.org/ SpaceBallet.htm

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Ballet Class

• How does class begin?

• The first exercise is

the ___• “After finishing at the

barre, dancers move to

the center of the room

when they perform

similar exercises

without support”(130). www.smumn.edu/ sitepages/pid927.php 

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George Balanchine

• As ballet master of theNew York City Ballet,hetaught the ninety-minute

company class everymorning.

• The classroom was hislaboratory, the trainedbodies of the dancers his

tools.(130)

• His choreography wascalled ___________.

www.israeldance.co.il/ news.htm

 

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Kabuki

• Japan’s kabuki theater 

achieved classical status

by a diametrically

opposite route from that of 

ballet.

• The word kabuki

originally meant

__________________________________________

_____________________.

www.trocadero.com/ features/features4.html 

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Kabuki Performers

• In the all-male world of kabuki the icons of 

femininity are _______(136).

• The Japanese word for a kabuki performer

who specializes in female roles is

 __________, or “woman person”. 

• The performers must not only move like awoman on stage, but think ___________.

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Continuing the Kabuki Tradition

• Who trains the young performers?

• How old does training start?

• When are outsiders adopted into the family?

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Women and Kabuki

• Women have

performed kabuki

outside the classicalvenues

• Women appear as

actors and dancers on

the modern Japanesestage.

• Okuniwww.edu.city.kyoto.jp/.../ school/sougo2.htm 

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The Social Structure of Japan in

the 17th Century

Skinners

Prostitues

Kabuki Performers

Farmers

Preiests and Artisans

Merchants

SamuraiThe warriors

Daimyo

land owning feudal lords

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Performances

• Kabuki performances started early in the

________ and lasted ________.

• Staging was an amalgam of ______ effects

and ________ conventions(142).

www.mvschool.com/.../ kabukidancers_p1.htm 

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The Theater

• Who attended the

theater?

• What was the set upfor the stage?

www.artsanddesignsjapan.com/ view.php?t=1&c=10... 

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Dance in Ballrooms

• What was the clothing

like for Ballroom

dancers and balletdancers?

framingthequestions.berkeley.edu/ vol9/hanson.html 

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Ballet Evolves

• Marie Camargo

• Marie Sallé

• Jean Georges Noverre

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• St. Petersburg

•  La belle au Bois

 Dormant ( TheSleeping Beauty)

• Peter Ilich

Tchaikovsky

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Conclusion

• Ballet has survived the French and the

Russian Revolution.

• Only time will tell if kabuki can find new

audiences beyond its homeland.

• Both ballet and kabuki converge on their

emphasis on charismatic performers.

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Works Cited

• Jonas, Gerald.Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement. “Classical Dance Theater”.NewYork:Harry N. Abrams. 1992, 128-163.

• old.nssnt.org/ SpaceBallet.htm

• www.smumn.edu/ sitepages/pid927.php

•  

• www.israeldance.co.il/ news.htm

•  • www.trocadero.com/ features/features4.html

•  

• www.edu.city.kyoto.jp/.../ school/sougo2.htm

•  

• www.mvschool.com/.../ kabukidancers_p1.htm

• www.artsanddesignsjapan.com/ view.php?t=1&c=10

• framingthequestions.berkeley.edu/ vol9/hanson.html•  

• androsdance.tripod.com/.../ camargo_marie.htm

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• www.theaterverkoopzeeland.nl/ Sleeping%20beaut.