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Title: Ballet and Bharatnatyam


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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
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Ballets Beginnings
  • The word ballet is French word.
  • Origins in the Italian Renaissance courts.
  • Provided entertainment at lavish
  • weddings  and festivals.
  • Early ballets were participatory.
  • Ballet de cour was introduced in the 16th
  • and 17th centuries.
  • First ballet de cour, Ballet Comique de la
  • Reine, lasted for over five hours.

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Ballet Comique de la Reine
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Louis XIV
  • King Louis XIV loved dancing used it to
    glorify
  • himself and the throne.
  • Late 17th century founded the Academie Royale
    de Musique
  • (The Paris Opera).
  • First professional ballet company emerged.
  • (The Paris Opera Ballet)
  • Dance eventually became an independent form of
    art.

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Styles
  • Romantic ballet
  • Classical ballet
  • Neoclassical ballet
  • Contemporary ballet

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Marius Petipa
  • The Sleeping Beauty (1889)
  • The Nutcracker (1892)
  • Swan Lake (1895)

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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
  • Bharatnatyam is widely considered to be the
  • most ancient Indian dance form.
  • Almost all dance connoisseurs know that the
  • bharatnatyam we see today was revived by
  • Rukmini Devi Arundale in the late 19th
  • century.

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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
  • Rukmini Devi learned classical ballet under
  • the legendary Russian ballerina, Anna
  • Pavlova.

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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
  • Ballet and Bharatnatyam can be judged by
    recognizing criteria and standards.
  • Both are standardized and presented after years
    of training.
  • It is necessary to have knowledge of technique
    for their complete appreciation. 
  • Postures and Perfection is important.

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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
  • While ballet focuses "up," Bharatnatyam
  • stays close to the earth The dancer bends
  • her knees and stamps her feet.
  • Both ballet and Bharatnatyam have very
  • demanding techniques (the latter stresses
    precise hand positions and eye movements) that
    take years to master.

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Ballet and Bharatnatyam
  • Folk tales
  • Story of gods

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References
  • Websites
  • http//www.desiblitz.com/
  • http//www.thestar.com/
  • http//www.narthaki.com/
  • http//www.criticsatlarge.ca/
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet
  • http//www.pbt.org/
  • Youtube Link
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?va8o7qqq-Lp4
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