dance timeline (mackenzie archer)

By archerm
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1400

    medieval period

    -in most or europe, the church saw dance as a pagan activity
    -dance was banned unless it glorified the church
    -the death of dance emerged when the black plague killed as much as half the population of europe.
    -in islamic lands dance flourished during theis time and was done for rituals and for entertainment purposes
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    renaissance period

    -a renewed intrest in the arts and developed
    -dance becames more about the individual artist
    -court ballets flourished and folk dancing remained popular with the working class
    -ballet emerged as a professional art form
  • May 4, 1200

    ballet 1200's-1600's

    -court ballets and folk dancing were popular
    -ballet became a profession
  • ballet 1600's-1700's

    -france and russia got into ballet -ballet formed adiffrent genre -moves became more serious
  • ballet 1700's-1800's

    -pointe shoes
    -turn-out of feet began to happen
    -vocab began to take place
    -romantic ballet formed
  • jazz

    slaves brought culture to dance in america
  • modern

    modern
    late 1800-early 1900=mordern was formed
    1800-1900=isadora dunear presents modern
    1800-1900=martha graham,charels weidmen,dusty humphfey,ted shawn and ruth pemis
    1950-post-modern dance
  • ballet 1800's-1900's

    -comtemporary ballet envolved in russia -tequnique became very important
  • george balanchine

    george balanchine
    Student or russian imperial school of ballet
  • jazz

    musical theater
  • jazz

    itrlem renaissance
  • hiphop

    hiphop
    1920-earl tuckers style was very simular to wavy movments in hiphop
    1940-tom the great in jaimaica
    1950-DJ Kool interc. was born
    1962-james brown records an album
    1967-kool moves to the bronx
    1970-soul train
    1979-sugar hil gets first rap hit "rappers delieght"
  • Period: to 200

    ancient period

    -aesthetic elements were consciously sought
    -developments and advancemeants in wrighting. agriculture and government helped to shape snf the dance in certain themes
    -the hieght or the AP was the greak period when the quest for art and beauty was the priority.
    -many greak dacnces developed out of religious rituals
    - movemnets ,music and poetry and were often participitory.
    -popular greek theaqter.
    -india were relligious
    -evedence of dance in china go back to 200 A.D.
  • primative period

    primative period
    -dance was used as meand of communication
    -rituals were done to worship and appease the gods.
    -dance rituals were done at special occasions.
    -many focased on fertility and haveing abundant harvest
    -movements were imiative (of nature and animals) and very basic
  • jazz

    jazz
    bob fosse