#1: HISTORY AND NATURE OF DANCE
holy/profound
Christian fathers approved the use of dance provided that its form and intent were?
couple dance
considered scandalous
renaissance
dance and art gained impetus
ancient Rome
dance became an integral part of the corruption//resulting in condemnation of dance by the early Christians
pre-Christian era
dance in this era is a medium of religious expression
ancient Greeks
dance is closely linked with other kinds of experiences//an aid to military education (Athens/Sparta); form of entertainment and display
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
dance: art as an integration of the body and soul
round dance
dancers hold each other by hand, forming a long chain and move in an open or closed circle/extended line
beginning social dancing
dark/middle age: common people were doing dances that were social in character
court dances
emerged as part of the chivalric way of life
noble
fine/honorable
communication
first use of dance
dance
has been a major form of religious ritual and social expression within primitive cultures
peasants
have large movements/wide stepping figures
Plato
highlighted the two kinds of dance and music
ignoble
imitating what is mean/ugly
Kraus/Gaufman
man danced originally to supplicate the gods on all important occasions of life
15th/16th century
new court dances performed by the nobility came about as well as the rise of the art of ballet (France/Italy)
ballroom
noblemen danced on?
grass/beaten earth
peasants danced on?
religious ceremonies
performance of dance by the early Christians
peasants
performed the two basic types of dancing: round/couple dance
pre-Christian era
real knowledge of dance came about
dance
result of intercultural exhange and contact
church
sole custodian of learning and education as well as the source of morals
ancient Rome
stopped valuing such qualities in art as the nation grew wealthy and powerful; dance became brutal/sensationalized
ancient Rome
their entertainers were slaves/captives
development of Catholic Church
transformed the history of dance
noble/ignoble
two kinds of dance and music
dance
was used as a way of expressing and reinforcing tribal unity and strength, as approach for courtship/mating, worship, communication, therapeutic experience
noblemen/women
were not able to move freely because of their clothing
