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

• 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