MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

DAH210  2007 Fall – 2008 Fall

History of Ballet and Modern Dance

1.

Define ballet and modern dance. (I-X)

2.

Identify the roots of ballet. (I, II, III)

3.

Identify the roots of modern dance. (VII)

4.

Identify and define the reasons for the major characteristics and qualities of each historical era. (I-X)

5.

Identify the major artists within each historical era and identify their significant works and contributions. (II-X)

6.

Identify and define the major theories of ballet and modern dance technique and performance, their impact and their creators. (IV-X)

7.

Identify and define emerging trends. (VII, X)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

DAH210  2007 Fall – 2008 Fall

History of Ballet and Modern Dance

I.          Roots of Ballet

            A.        Medieval Court Dance

            B.         Renaissance Court Dance

            C.        Court Spectacles

            D.        La Ballet Comique de la Reine

II.         Court of Louis XIV

            A.        Sun King

            B.         La Ballet de la Nuit

            C.        Lully

            D.        Beauchamps

            E.         L’Academie Royale de la Danse

III.       18th Century

            A.        Baroque Dance

            B.         Opera Ballet

            C.        Ballet d’action

IV.       Romantic Ballet

            A.        Qualities of the romantic era, image of 19th century woman and development of pointe shoe

            B.         Major dancers and choreographers, including: Marie Taglioni, Fillipe Taglioni, Jules Perrot, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Elssler, August Bournonville

            C.        Major ballets including La Sylphide, Pas de Quatre, and Giselle.

V.        Imperial Russian Ballet

            A.        Petipa

            B.         Cecchetti

            C.        Major works, including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker

VI.       Diaghilev Era

            A.        Ballet Russes

            B.         Major figures,including, Nijinsky, Fokine, Pavlova, Karsavina, Massine

            C.        Major works, including Petrouchka, Rite of Spring, L’Apre Midi d’une Faun, Les Sylphides

            D.        Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo

VII.      Twentieth Century Ballet

            A.        Balanchine – style and major works

            B.         Rise of American ballet – Loring, Robbins, DeMille

            C.        English Ballet – Fonteyn, MacMillan, Ashton, Tudor

            D.        Ballet in Europe, Australia, Asia, South America

            E.         Emerging Trends

VIII.     Roots of Modern Dance

            A.        Major reforms and changing role of woman in late 19th/early 20th centuries.

            B.         Early figures – Loie Fuller, Maude Allen,

            C.        Pioneers - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and Denishaw, von Laban

IX.       Twentieth Century Modern Dance

            A.        Graham, Humphrey, Weidman, Holm, Wigman

            B.         Limon, Taylor, Hawkins, Cunningham, Nikolais

            C.        African Americans – Dunham, Primus, Ailey, McKayle

            D.        1960s and Post- modern Revolution

            E.         Technique and theory of significant artists

X.        Late 20th and 21st Century

            A.        Merging of styles

            B.         Major work and contributors

            C.        Impact of video and technology

            D.        Place of dance in contemporary society