DANC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ballet Comique De La Reine
3 Jan 2017
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Ballet comique de la reine created at the request of catherine de medici has come to be regarded as the most important early attempt creating a choreographed spectacle. Catherine threw a big party and convinced balthasar de bayou euh referred to as ballet comique de la reine. Choreography: just geometric shapes, tell storyline through poetry and song. The earliest (pre-1630) court ballets in france were not the first ballets preformed because the nobility would perform them. Dance master (choreographer: teach mobility how to dance, ballet barre (the bar in a dance studio, taught etiquette when voting king and queen. Dance in france: in the 16th century and early 17th century most dance steps used in the court ballets were. Nearly the same as ball room dances of the day: after 1630 professional performers began to be hired to dance in court ballets because. Certain forms of new ballets required such agility that they needed special training.
