Ballet Unit 1

Pioneered Ballet d’ Action

• Ignor S

• Rite of Spring

• Jean G

1. ​​‘high art’ ballet that stresses extreme athleticism, lifts, full-extension leaps, and almost entirely performed En Pointe

• Ballet de Cours

• Russian Imperial Era

• Baroque

• Romantic

no dance shoes: hard-soled, high heeled (male and female)

• Baroque

• Russian Imperial

• Neoclassical

• Ballet de Cour

Composed Rite of Spring

• Jean G

• Igor S

• Mrs. Bailey

The Golden Age of ballet; cult of the Prima donna

• Baroque

• Contemporary

• Romantic

no distinct music style: ballet music closely resembles opera and social dance music

• Ballet d' Action

• Baroque

• Neoclassical

first use of ‘choral dancers,’ costumed similarly to the primas and employed in synchronization to reinforce a mood or setting

• Ballet d' Action

• Baroque

• Romantic/Neoclassical

Swan Lake was a success immediatly

• yes

• no

• maybe so

95% of ballet dancers get seriously hurt during their career

• yes

• no

• maybe so

Saved ballet as an art form

• Swan Lake

• Big sets & costuming

• Russian Monarchy

• Mrs. Bailey's groundbreaking dance class