Describe Balanchine’s neoclassical style of ballet and how does the dance Agon illustrate this style. Which Balanchine dancer was the first artistic director of the Miami City Ballet? What were some of his most notable ballets while he was working with Balanchine.
In the Middle Ages/Renaissance, feudalism stratified society. How was dance expressed in the upper and lower classes? What was Catherine de Medici’s role in the evolution of ballet? Watch the Royal Ballet video on the evolution of ballet and describe how the technique evolved. George Balanchine started the first formal school of American ballet with […]