DANCE 129 - Ballet, Science and Technology: the First 400 Years

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Dance

Description:

Ballet history from 1500 through 1910 studied through the lens of contemporary science and philosophy, and as facilitated by technological developments. Ballet's beginnings in the Italian City-States of the Renaissance and the court of Louis XIV of France, to the classical ballet form forged by Marius Petipa in Russia. Topics include: Descartes' principles of reason and mathematics made manifest in the aristocratic world view, physical behavior and Ballets du Cour at the court of Louis XIV; gas lighting, hashish, French Romanticism and ballet iconography in theatrical presentation of the Romantic period; the human body as machine and the development of ballet technique. Instructor: Dickinson and Walters

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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