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The Humanities Through the Arts Tenth Edition
Lee A. Jacobus │ F. David Martin
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Chapter 10
Dance
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Introduction
Moving bodies shaping space
Shares common movement elements with kinetic sculpture
Shares common rhythm with music
Most often accompanied by music
Often incorporated into operas
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Elements of Dance
Subject matter of dance
Most dance is abstract motion but usually with feeling.
States of mind exhibit strong feelings such as José Limón’s The Moor’s Pavane.
Body movement is as critical as music.
Form of dance includes its details and structure.
Balance of stage and placement is important.
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Dance and Ritual, 1
Dance probably precedes all other arts and probably started out as ritualistic.
Many dances demand precise movements.
Some dance has sexual origins related to courtship.
Fig. 10-2. Two dancers performing Sriyah
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Dance and Ritual, 2
Some dance has origins or inspiration in nature.
Social dance (folk dances) can be for just socializing.
Court dance represented high social status in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
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Ballet, 1
Ballet originated in the 17th century and started as interludes between opera scenes.
Most ballets have a pretext (story line), told in a blend of story and movement.
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is iconic and is performed worldwide even today.
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Ballet, 2
Swan Lake has archetypal overtones of magic and the supernatural.
Richard Wagner coupled this interest with heroism and implications of sacrifice of the hero for the thing he loves.
Fig. 10-6. Dancers performing Swan Lake
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Modern Dance
Initiated by Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis, who wanted to rebel against stylized, precise ballet.
Alvin Ailey and Revelations gave black dancers a voice and a venue.
Like Duncan, Martha Graham has been very influential in modern dance.
Many more dance companies continue to innovate and redefine dance.
Fig. 10-12. Dancer performing F.L.O.W.
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Dance Theater
Since the 1920s, theater dance productions have been popular.
Leonard Bernstein’s innovative West Side Story loosely followed Romeo and Juliet, but was set on the streets of New York City in the 1950s.
Susan Stroman’s Contact, premiering in 2000, had no continuous narrative but focused on swing dance.
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Popular Dance
Popular dance constantly changes.
Charleston, swing dancing, jitterbugging, rock dancing, disco, break dancing, hip-hop.
A few famous dancers in the 1940s and 1950s:
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Gene Kelly
The Nicholas Brothers
Fig. 10-18. The Nicholas Brothers, 1941.
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Wrap-Up of the Chapter: Terms and People to Remember
Terms
States of mind
Form
Balance
Social dance
Court dance
Ballet
Swan Lake
Pretext
Musical theater
People
José Limón
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Richard Wagner
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
Alvin Ailey
Martha Graham
Leonard Bernstein
Susan Stroman
The Nicholas Brothers
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