History od 20th Century Ballet 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
107HTCB2	exam	3	1 lecture hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 65 to 80 hours of self-study	English	summer

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The content of the course History of 20th Century Ballet is to introduce students to the most important companies, personalities and choreographic works of the past century. To learn and understand both the individual choreographers and their works and the interrelationships in the ongoing process of promoting a new form of ballet within 20th century theatre culture.

The aim of the study is to gain a broader understanding of the development of ballet since the late 19th century, when artistic stagnation occurred, and to understand the contribution of the personalities who contributed to overcoming this crisis, to know their brief artistic biography and their most significant works for the development of ballet as a distinctive theatrical genre in chronological order.

Thematic areas:

Bronislava Nijinska as the first important choreographer of ballets in the first half of the 20th century. Her collaboration with Ballets Russes and successor companies. Les Noces - an example of constructivist approach in choreographic work.
Léonide Massine, versatile choreographer and charismatic interpreter of the demi-character style. His ballets with ethnic influences: The Three-Cornered Hat (Le tricorne), humor in his work (Les femmes de bon humeur, Gaité Parisienne), ballets with spiritual content set to symphonic music (Choreartium).
George Balanchine, creator of the neoclassical line in the choreography of 20th century ballets (Apollo musagetes). Other works for companies in Europe and America, characteristics of his relationship to music, ballets set to symphonic music. Pedagogical contribution. His company New York City Ballet. Serge Lifar, his soloist and successor in neoclassical work at the Paris Opera.
The work of other independent entities - Les ballets suédois and Jean Börlin, successor companies after Diaghilev's death - Ballet russe de Monte Carlo and their fate during World War II.
Maurice Béjart as a popularizer of ballet art in the second half of the 20th century and his Ballet of the 20th Century. The most outstanding works and the character of his companies.

Learning outcomes

The student will graduate after a successful oral explanation of the period of history being tested, with emphasis on their knowledge of especially those works that are continually re-performed and form the basis of the core repertoire and an overview of the artists who worked during the period of stylistic change; the student should also be able to name the characteristic features of these changes.

The sum of all the knowledge acquired is directly related to the content of the final state examination.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Pre-requisite: Overview of History of Dance and Ballet 1 and 2

Literature

Required reading:

BEAUMONT, Cyril: Michel Fokin and his Ballets. Reedice Dance Books, 1996.

BUCKLE, Richard. Diaghilev. New York: Atheneum, 1984. ISBN 0-689-70664-2.

MASSINE, Leonide. My life in ballet. New York: St. Martin's P., 1968.

MASSINE, Leonide. Massine on choreography: theory and exercises in composition. London: Faber, 1976. ISBN 0571093027.

TAPER, Bernard. Balanchine : a biography, revised and updated. New York: Collier Books, 1974.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Oral examination from the content of the course in both winter and summer semester.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course