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Antony Tudor (April 4, 1909 - April 19, 1987), born William Cook, was an English choreographer, teacher and dancer who choreographed numerous ballets. Antony Tudor - Biography. Tudor was born in London, and began dancing professionally with Ballet Rambert in 1928. There he choreographed Cross Garter'd, Lysistrata, and The Planets, as well as his two most famous works, Lilac Garden and Dark Elegies. In 1938, he founded the London Ballet with Agnes de Mille, on ...

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Tudor was born in London, and began dancing professionally with Ballet Rambert in 1928. There he choreographed Cross Garter'd, Lysistrata, and The Planets, as well as his two most famous works, Lilac Garden and Dark Elegies. In 1938, he founded the London Ballet with Agnes de Mille, only to leave shortly thereafter. He was then invited to the New York City Ballet, where he restaged some of his older works, and went on to create Pillar of Fire and Undertow there. He was artistic director ...

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Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication between humans or animals (bee dance, mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres. People who dance are called dancers and the act of dance is kn ...

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Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. Works of dance choreographed using this technique are called ballets, and may include: dance, mime, acting and music (orchestral and sung). Ballets can be performed alone or as part of an opera. Ballet is best known for its virtuoso techniques such as pointe work, grand pas de deux and high leg extensions. Many ballet techniques bear a striking similarity to fencing positions and footwork, perhaps due to their development during the same periods of history, but more probably, because both arts had similar r ...

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Main article: History of dance Throughout history, dance has been a part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment. It is traceable through archeological evidence from prehistoric times to the first examples of written and pictorial documentation in 200 BC. Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to historical, traditional, ceremonial, and ethnic dances. Had it not been for the work of the fifteenth century professor of mathematics, Jehan de Tabourot who published a dance manual (Orchesography) using an anagram of his name, many of the earlier forms of ...

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Ballet has its roots in Renaissance court spectacle in Italy, but was particularly shaped by the French ballet de cour, which consisted of social dances performed by the nobility in tandem with music, speech, verse, song, pageant, decor and costume. Ballet began to develop as a separate art form in France during the reign of Louis XIV, who was passionate about dance and determined to reverse a decline in dance standards that began in the 17th century. The king established the Académie Royale de Danse in 1661, the same year in which t ...

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Ballet has its roots in Renaissance court spectacle in Italy, but was particularly shaped by the French ballet de cour, which consisted of social dances performed by the nobility in tandem with music, speech, verse, song, pageant, decor and costume. Ballet began to develop as a separate art form in France during the reign of Louis XIV, who was passionate about dance and determined to reverse a decline in dance standards that began in the 17th century. The king established the Académie Royale de Danse in 1661, the same year in which t ...

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The legacy on Modern dance can be seen in lineage of 20th century concert dance forms. Although often producing divergent dance forms many seminal dance artists share a common heritage that can be traced back to free dance. Modern dance - Postmodern and Contemporary dance. Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance. Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both ...

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Modern dance - Free dance. main article: Free dance 1891 - Loie Fuller (a burlesque skirt dancer) began experimenting with the effect that gas lighting had on her silk costumes. Fuller developed a form of natural movement and improvisation techniques that were used in conjunction with her revolutionary lighting equipment and translucent silk costumes. 1903 - Isadora Duncan developed a dance technique influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and a belief that danc ...

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The National Ballet School of Canada A boarding school, one of the world's finest places to train dancers for The National Ballet of Canada and other world-class dance companies. Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Official school of Canada's acclaimed Royal Winnipeg Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Classical ballet company based in the francophone province of Québec. [1] Royal Danish Ballet School, Copenhagen [2] Royal Danish Ballet School, Holstebro [3 ...

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The legacy on Modern dance can be seen in lineage of 20th century concert dance forms. Although often producing divergent dance forms many seminal dance artists share a common heritage that can be traced back to free dance. Modern dance - Postmodern and Contemporary dance. Both Postmodern dance and Contemporary dance built upon the foundations laid by Modern dance and form part of the greater category of 20th century concert dance. Where as Postmodern dance was a direct and opposite response to Modern dance, Contemporary dance draws on both ...

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Seminal artists involved with ballets include: Ballet - Directors. Jean Dauberval, Sergei Diaghilev, Robert Joffrey, Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Catherine De Medici, Marie Rambert, Ninette de Valois Diana Waldron Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Pierre Beauchamp, Erik Bruhn, Peter Darrell, Mikhail Fokine, William Forsythe, Yury Grigorovich, Lev Ivanovich Ivanov, Serge Lifar, Kenneth MacMillan, Leonide Massine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska, Jean-Georges Noverre, Rudolf Nureyev, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Filippo Taglioni, Antony Tudor, Diana Waldron

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Main articles: Choreography, Dance notation Choreography is the art of making dances and the generic name given to predetermined sequences of dance movement. People who choreograph are called choreographers and may develop their own dance techniques as a part of their choreographic work. Choreography and dance techniques can be written down as dance notation which is analogous to music notation. The term choreogoraphy has a varied historical context; it is derived from the word chorea. Chorea (χορεία), a Gre ...

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Seminal artists involved with ballets include: Ballet - Directors. Jean Dauberval, Sergei Diaghilev, Robert Joffrey, Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Catherine De Medici, Marie Rambert, Ninette de Valois Diana Waldron Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Pierre Beauchamp, Erik Bruhn, Peter Darrell, Mikhail Fokine, William Forsythe, Yury Grigorovich, Lev Ivanovich Ivanov, Serge Lifar, Kenneth MacMillan, Leonide Massine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska, Jean-Georges Noverre, Rudolf Nureyev, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Filippo Taglioni, Antony Tudor, Diana Waldron

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The National Ballet School of Canada A boarding school, one of the world's finest places to train dancers for The National Ballet of Canada and other world-class dance companies. Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Official school of Canada's acclaimed Royal Winnipeg Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal Classical ballet company based in the francophone province of Québec. [1] Royal Danish Ballet School, Copenhagen [2] Royal Danish Ballet School, Holstebro [3 ...

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Although dance and music can be traced back to prehistoric times it is unclear which artform came first. However, as rhythm and sound are the result of movement, and music can inspire movement, the relationship between the two forms has always been symbiotic. This relationship serves as the basis for Eurhythmics devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze which was influential to the development of Modern dance and modern ball ...

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In the early 1920s dance studies (dance practice, critical theory, analysis and history) began to be considered a serious academic discipline. Today these studies are an integral part of many universities' arts and humanities programs. By the late 20th century the recognition of practical knowledge as equal to academic knowledge lead to the emergence of practice-based research and practice as research. A large range of dance courses are available including: Professional practice: performance and technical skillsSee also:

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Dance can be divided into two main categories that each have several subcategories into which most dance styles can be placed. They are: Concert dance / Performance dance 20th century concert dance Competitive dance Social dance / Participation dance Ceremonial dance Traditional dance These categories are not mutually exclusive and are context-dependent; a particular dance style may belong to several categories. See also: ...

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