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Aesthetic elements were conciously sought. Development in wrting, agriculture, and government helped to share the dance aesthetic represent certain themes. Height of ancient period was the Greek period, with religion, music and poetry.
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Churches saw dance as a pagon activity, dance was banned unless in church. Anywhere else you danced was a sin.
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Ballet starts to emerge, interpretation of fencing, enters. In Italy the courts wear costumes while dancing and do many poses. King Louis XIV granted permission for first ballet school. Ballet began to grow and become more serious.
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Jazz came into America because of slaves,
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Ballet was recongnized as a visible art form.
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Movements were the most important element of ballet dance, although it started a rivalry between women to see who was best.
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Ruth St. Dennis & Ted Shwan created a dance studio called Denishawn. Techniques evolve, Jose Limon started to show balance and easy movements that flow.
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'Romantic" ballet became popular, the dances were based on love stories, and the dancers shoes were reinforced to facilitate their skill
http://www.yonkershistory.org/fokine.html
http://www.abt.org/education/archive/choreographers/fokine_m.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/211967/Michel-Fokine -
Mother of Modern Dance, first daughter to present modern dancing.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/isadora.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/dunc-isa.htm
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The invention of the tutu comes in, contemperrary ballet formed by Michel Fokine was first seen in Russia.
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Jazz began to emerge with a combination of ragtime and blues.
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Earl Tucker also known as "Snake Hips' stars to dance Hip Hop.
http://rap.about.com/od/hiphop101/a/hiphoptimeline.htm
http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2snake.htm
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The Harlem Renaissance was a very important time in jazz.
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George Balanchine was the co-founder of the school or american ballet
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Post Moderm Begans
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James Brown evolves hip hop moves, rubberband man becomes famous as well.
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Concerned with making dance public.
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Soul Train becomes the one show everyone watched to know whats new about Hip Hop dancing.
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Michael Jackson's smooth moves and flawless dancing catches the hearts of everyone.
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/home
http://www.biography.com/people/michael-jackson-38211
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Dance is used as communication in this time period. Movements are very intimative and very basic.
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Bob Fosse was the most influential man in jazz history.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/fosse_b.html
http://www.who2.com/bio/bob-fosse
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Dj Kool Herc is the fater of hip-hop.
