Ballet

from Sinfonia Iwakuni

Vocablary

・adagio

-It is a slow dance.

・enchainement

-It makes the dance with two or more steps.

・variation

-It is dance of soloist.

・grand pas de deux

-It consists of entree, adagio, and usual man ande woman's variation and codas by dancing union by the man and woman leading part.

・corps de ballet

-Dancers dance in group.

・prima/prima donna

-The ballet is a female leading part dance.

・principal

-The dancer of the leading part class in the ballet company.

・clasique tutu

-Thin materials such as tulles how many are overlapped in pannier styles. In general, it integrates with the corset style undergarment of the upper-body. It is typically used by "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", and "The Nutcracker", etc.

・chignon

-The woman settled her hair like the dumpling back.

・toe shoes/point

-Ballerina put on this shoes.

・leotard

-It is ballerina's practice wear.

・romantique tutu

-In the thin skirt that the ballerina was wearing in the age of the romantic ballet, it is longer than the classic tutu. In general, it integrates with the undergarment of the upper-body.

・gala

-Concert of form that doesn't present all acts of a certain work but collects only the most colorful dance like only a part of act and grand pas de deux, etc. and presents it.

Reading

"Ballet is a formalized kind of performance dance, which originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France, England, and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with most of the audience seated on tiers or galleries on three sides of the dancing floor. It has since become a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is primarily performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world, which use their own cultures and societies to inform the art. Ballet dance works (ballets) are choreographed and performed by trained artists, include mime and acting, and are set to music (usually orchestral but occasionally vocal). It is a poised style of dance that incorporates the foundational techniques for many other dance forms.
The etymology of the word "ballet" is related to the art form's history. The word ballet comes from the French and was borrowed into English around the 17th century. The French word in turn has its origins in Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo (dance). Ballet ultimately traces back to Latin ballare, meaning to dance.

Three large ballets are Tcaikovsky's "Swan Lake"(1877), "The Nutcracker"(1888) and "The Sleeping Beauty"(1891)."(from Wikipedia)

Question

1. Where did ballet originate?

2. What is the origin of ward, ballet?

3. Which was the first made by Tchaikovsky?

Listening

Question
4. How many positions are there?
5. Which position is this?

Writing
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answer the question
1. Italy did.
2. Balletto is.
3. "Swan lake" was.
4. 5 positions are.
5. The fifth position is.