Ballet History
Ms. Tomalonis
2008-2009 Syllabus
Readings, Tests and Assignments
First Semester
9/9 Introduction; the roots of ballet, Greek gods (p. 1 and handout).
9/11 Greek theater (2-4)
9/12 Roman theater (4-5)
9/15 Early Christianity (5-6)
9/16 Dance in the Middle Ages (6-11)
9/18 pp. 11-17
9/19 pp. 17-21
9/22 TEST on Chapter One; overview of Chapter 2
9/23 The Renaissance (24-29)
9/25 The Dancing Masters (29-32) and Il Ballerino (video)
9/26 pp. 32-35
9/29 Chapter 3; the ballet de cour (pp. 37-43)
9/30 pp. 44-50
10/2 pp. 50-55
10/3 pp. 55-61 and “The Elizabethan Era and the Cosmic Dance” (in “What is Dance?” pp. 497-502)
10/6-7 Chapter 4; Baroque Ballet
A King Dances; Film: Le Roi Danse
10/9 pp. 65-72
10/10 pp. 72-84
10/13 TEST on Chapters 2, 3 and 4
10/14 Chapter 5 - Early professional ballet and the first Stars! (86-90)
10/16 MIME DAY and John Weaver (pp. 91-94)
10/17 pp. 94-100
10/20 Chapter 6 – Growth and Refinement of Classical Ballet (102-105)
10/21 pp. 102-105; Noverre and the ballet d’action
10/23 pp. 105-110; Noverre, continued
10/24 pp. 111-112; Noverre’s Letters; Reading in “What is Dance?”, pp. 10-15
10/27 pp. 112-118; Dauberval, Vigano, Magri and Gardel
10/28 pp. 118-123; Post-Revolution ballet
10/30 pp. 124-126; the Vestris family
10/31 pp. 126-130; 4 ballerinas
11/3 TEST on Chapters 5 and 6
11/4 Chapter 7 – beginnings of the Romantic Ballet
Beau Brummel: That Charming Man
11/6 pp. 133-144
11/7 pp. 145-151; Carlo Blasis; Marie Taglioni and La Sylphide
11/10 pp. 151-155; Perrot, Grisi and Giselle
11/11 Chapter 8: Romantic Ballet; pp. 155-158, Fanny Elssler
11/13 pp. 158-160; Lucile Grahn, Fanny Cerrito; Pas de Quatre
11/14 pp. 167-171; Bournonville in Denmark
11/17 pp. 171-175; Coppèlia
11/18 Review Romantic Ballet
11/20 TEST on Romantic Ballet
11/21 pp. 175-179; The Spectacle: excerpts from Excelsior
11/24 - 28 THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/1 Travel Day
12/2 Chapter 9: The Evolution of Ballet in Russia (pp. 181-188)
12/4 pp. 188-191; early ballet masters
12/5 pp. 191-198; Didelot
12/8 TIMELINE DUE
12/9 – 12 Souritz: pp. 10-29
Readings
Second Semester
1/12 REVIEW Chapter 9
1/13 Chapter 10: Imperial Russian Ballet
Perrot and St. Leon in Russia, 201-204
1/15 Petipa builds the ballet, 205-208
1/16 The Italian ballerinas, 208-210
1/19 Petipa and Tchaikovsky, 210-214
1/20 Czarist ballet culture, 215-219
1/22 Bolshoi/Gorsky, 219-222
1/23 Pavlova, pp. 221-224
1/26 - 29 Souritz: pp. 32-49
1/30 Review
2/2 TEST ON RUSSIA
2/3 Chapter 11: Sergei Diaghilev and the New Dance
pp. 226-231; Fokine’s Letter to the Times (“What is Dance?”, pp. 257-261)
2/5 - 6 Souritz: pp. 53-71
2/9 pp. 231-238
2/10 pp. 239-245
2/12 pp. 245-251
2/13 Souritz, pp., 75-91
2/16 Souritz 75-91, continued
Chapter 12: Ballets Russes: Avant-Garde to Neoclassicism
2/17 pp. 254-264
2/19 pp. 264-269
2/20 pp. 269-274
2/23 TEST on the Ballet Russe
2/24 Chapter 13: Ballet in the Twentieth Century
pp. 277-282, de Valois and Sadler’s Wells; Rambert and Ballet Rambert
2/26 The Royal Ballet and Frederick Ashton
2/27 Ashton, continued
3/2 Royal Ballet: MacMillan
3/3 Royal Ballet after MacMillan; ballet in Canada and Australia
3/5 Ballet in France (pp. 285-286)
3/6 Ballet in Scandinavia (286-288)
3/9 -10 Ballet in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Spain (pp. 295-301)
Review Europe
3/11 TEST
3/12 view program books
3/16-19 BALLET EXAMS
3/23-24 SPRING BREAK
3/30 Soviet ballet: pp. 301-305
3/31 Soviet ballet: pp. 305-208
4/2 - 3 Souritz: pp. 94-111
4/6 - 7 Souritz: pp. 115-138
4/9 - 10 pp. 145-193
4/13 Souritz: pp. 145-193 continued
4/14 Souritz: pp. 193-203
4/16 REVIEW: Soviet ballet
4/17 TEST on Soviet ballet
4/20 Chapter 14: The Development of Ballet in the United States
Ballet in America, pp. 312 – 317
4/21 pp. 317 – 322
4/23 - 24 Balanchine biography (DVD)
4/27 New York City Ballet (322-326)
4/28 American Ballet Theatre (pp. 326-328)
4/30 Tudor film
5/1 de Mille film
5/4 Look at programs
5/5 Book Reports due: tell us about your dancer
5/7 American regional ballet (pp. 329-338)
5/8 Ballet in the 1990s and on
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