ROMANTICISM
Cristina Montins Ortiz
Federico Escribano Huertas
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New stylish postures and figures.
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Salvatore Vigano: invented "dance-dramas" to reinforce the expressiveness.
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Pointe dancing was one of the biggest advances and white tutu.
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Marius Petipa
- he created new movements like the "pas de deux": steps of two in which the man has to hold and carry the woman.
- he gave male dance the same appearance as female dance.
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Marie Taglioni :
- she appeared sliding on stage on tip toes in order to reflect the harmonious and light movements of the sylph.
- The bodice of the dress was tight to the waist of the ballerina and the skirt, light and sheer reached to the Knee.
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COMPOSERS: TCHAIKOVSKY "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker".
"The Swan Lake"
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A variety of dances appeared and became popular in the main ballrooms of Europe.
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WALTZ: J.Strauss I and J.Strauss II
- ternary thythm and fast movements
-couples dance in wide circles.
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Nationalisms led to national dances: polka (Czechoslovakia), bolero and fandango (Spain), mazurka and polonaise (Poland)
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COMPOSERS: Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
"The Sleeping Beauty"
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"