https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u en-us 2016-03-22 13:31:09 UTC 2024-07-26 04:46:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103215827 Dance was both a form of social entertainment and an art that was widely used to  accompany theatrical productions. ]]> 2016-03-30 11:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103215827 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216353 careful performance of steps were a representation of the Golden Mean; moderation in one's outward appearance, in other words, played a vital role in demonstrating one's virtue and one's mastery of the body]]> 2016-03-30 11:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216353 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216406 Since Plato's philosophy taught that a higher realm of ideals governed the human mind as well as life on earth, dance was re-interpreted at this time as an expression of the movements of planets and of the celestial harmony that prevailed in the Heavens

]]> 2016-03-30 11:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216406 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216495 In late 16th century France dance served as royal entertainment. ballets de cour was one of the dances. 

]]> 2016-03-30 11:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216495 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216577 Originally, these "country dances" had been performed in England. By the mid-seventeenth century the French aristocracy's appetite for new kinds of dance brought them into French ballrooms where French tastes refined the simple square dance into an elegant expression of cultivated living. Reinterpreted through the lens of French culture, then, the contredanse spread throughout Europe, becoming by 1700 one of the most popular forms of dance throughout the Continent

]]> 2016-03-30 11:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216577 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216735 Dance was a sign of distinction that accomplished men and women needed to master to participate in society.]]> 2016-03-30 11:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216735 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216796 The master of dances was also needed in order to participate in the elite society. 

]]> 2016-03-30 11:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216796 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216926 Charles II (r. 1660–1685) was a great lover of the theater, and a steady stream of French dancers, theatrical producers, and choreographers traveled to England in search of employment in the wake of his return to the throne]]> 2016-03-30 11:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103216926 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103217037 The dances were performed in clothing that restricted and reduces the possibilities of free movement. THe emphasis of choreographers and dancers was on footwork while the upper body was kept stationary and highly controlled 

]]> 2016-03-30 11:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103217037 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103217258 Rank governed the progression of these dances, the highest ranking members danced before the lesser class. ]]> 2016-03-30 11:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103217258 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103218216 2016-03-30 11:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103218216 18novaka https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103218430 2016-03-30 12:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18novaka/pa3n74e1du0u/wish/103218430