2. Created in the Renaissance
Period (1500’s) in Italy
Main Characteristics:
• Structured positions and steps
• Different styles of ballet exist
• Ballets tell stories
• Classical music
• Negative aspects: eating
disorders, competitive, low pay
4. Marius Petipa
• Worked closely with the
composer Tchaikovsky
• Created ballets such as Swan
Lake and the Nutcracker
• Originally was a principal
(top) dancer at the Paris
Opera Ballet
5. George Balanchine
• His style is regarded as neo-
classical
• Unlike Petipa, Balanchine de-
emphasized plots
• Choreography: quick jumps,
lots of turns, and lots of
changing arms
• Copyrighted ballets
10. “The dancer of the future will be one
whole body and soul grown so
harmoniously together that the natural
language of that soul will have become
the movement of the human body. The
dancer will not belong to any nation but
to all humanity.” –Isadora Duncan
20. Paul Taylor (1930-
present)
• Duet (1957)
• Esplanade (1975) Walking,
running, jumping, falling
22. TRADITIONAL BALLET MODERN BALLET
Structure: Less Structured
• Pointed Feet • Life-like
•Accurate Arms Movements
•Strong Back • No Rules
•Delicate Movements • Back Contraction
23. Contemporary Dance emerged from combining
Classical ballet with Jazz/Lyrical, with influences from
many other cultures like African.
Main Characteristics
• Tricks
• Emotion
• Facial Expressions
• Music
Anything created after the 1970’s was considered contemporary.
24. Choreographers
• Mia Michaels
• Travis Wall
• Victor Smalley
• Sonya Tayeh
• Tokyo
25. Mia Micheals
• 3 Emmy Nominations
• I Emmy
• Most sought our choreographer worldwide.
35. Modern dance= story-less, no plot.
Ballet was created for aesthetic appeal.
Modern dance was created for
emotional appeal.
Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey
were concerned with externalizing
personal, authentic, personal
experience.
Ballet costumes are more extravagant
and elaborate
36. Fromballet to modern/contemporary
dance, the costumes have become more
simple and minimal.
37. Now it’s YOUR turn to
learn dance! Get on
your feet and start
stretching!