Introduction to the History of Ballet.
Ballet is the most sophisticated form of dance. It has a vocabulary of movement that comes form many diverse sources - the courts and folk traditions of Europe, the theatrical practices of Ancient Greece and Rome, the popular Renaissance entertainment of commedia dell'arte, and lastly, modern dnace of America and Europe. The word "ballet" comes from the Italian ballare " to dance." We can trace the origins of ballet to the courts of Italy at the height of the Renaissance. Before there was music, there was dancing: "Dancing as a primitive ritual - as a form of hero worship and worship of gods, as glorification of the dead, as a means of celebrating the seasons and the elements - is fundamental in history" (George Balanchine).
Now that you know some of the basic history of Ballet, lets start learning dance moves.
Ballet is the most sophisticated form of dance. It has a vocabulary of movement that comes form many diverse sources - the courts and folk traditions of Europe, the theatrical practices of Ancient Greece and Rome, the popular Renaissance entertainment of commedia dell'arte, and lastly, modern dnace of America and Europe. The word "ballet" comes from the Italian ballare " to dance." We can trace the origins of ballet to the courts of Italy at the height of the Renaissance. Before there was music, there was dancing: "Dancing as a primitive ritual - as a form of hero worship and worship of gods, as glorification of the dead, as a means of celebrating the seasons and the elements - is fundamental in history" (George Balanchine).
Now that you know some of the basic history of Ballet, lets start learning dance moves.
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