...ABE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE MALOLOS, BULACAN CASE STUDY I. Case Study of Ballet Philippines II. Executive Summary of the case This case is about turnover and salary and the performer status in Ballet Philippines. How to deal with the turnovers and in lack of promotions. III. Background of the Case Founded in 1969 by Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines (BP) is widely recognized today as a cornerstone of the Filipino cultural identity. Its audience represents a cross-section of Manila’s populace and includes visitors from around the country and around the world. Each year outreach and educational programs introduce new generations of audience members not only to dance, but to music and visual art as well. BP’s official school, the CCP Dance School, continues to produce dancers of international caliber. As the dance company in residence at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ballet Philippines is globally recognized as the country’s flagship company in ballet and contemporary dance. With a treasure trove of over 400 works, Ballet Philippines’ wide ranging, eclectic repertory is unparalleled in Asia. From full-length classical ballets and internationally recognized masterworks to indigenous works of Filipino folklore and social issues, the company weaves a colorful tapestry of the Philippine’s rich and diverse cultural heritage – uniquely and distinctly Filipino. The Company’s...
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...moving rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures (Sporre 2009). Dancing is also divided onto various genres such as ballet, modern, and urban dance styles. Ballet dancing is technical formalized classical dance style that started during the Italian Renaissance. Ballet is first on this list because billions of people around the world are enchanted by this style and line up to see performances. Ballet comprises a highly theatrical dance presentation consisting of solo dancers, duets, and choruses. Unlike other disciples and forms or dance besides break-dancing ballet demands extreme focus, strength and flexibility. Mostly all practitioners have to start ballet at a very young age to develop the gracefulness that takes decades to master. Ballet is comprised of three different types classical ballet, neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet. Classical Ballet is the type you mostly see in traditional non-modern performances. It adheres to the strict rule of Russian and French ballet styles. It is extremely formal in practice. Students when learning classical form have to learn the names of all the techniques and definitions. Often called full story ballet due to the way a story is communicated to the audience via dancer. Neoclassical ballet uses very similar techniques as classical ballet but it is...
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...Feldman Model La Bayadere Houston’s ballet, La Bayadere choreographed by Stanton Welch is a type of world class dance with professional dancers. The beautiful yet plain lighting of the theater gives the audience a perception of how well the performance is presented. The theater is quite spacious and is very suitable for a world class theater performance. The overall look of the theater itself gives off a professional look to it and is quite impressive to the audience. Upon entering, the audience can see a beautiful painted background that represents a palace on water with a scene of the Taj Mahal. The music is based on classical ballet music and grows louder and whenever danger is represented in the scene. For example, the transition of the very beginning than to the scene of the tiger grows much louder. In the opening scene of La Bayadere, the lights are on Solor who kills the man-eating tiger that has been causing danger to the village that is nearby. There is a performer wearing red and jumps up and down and the viewer can tell that it portrays the man-eating tiger. Also, there is red fire burning from the centerpiece on the stage. Later on, Nikiya comes out and gracefully thanks Solor in the form of beautiful ballet dancing. Moreover, the viewer can tell the profound chemistry between both Nikiya and Solor. In the beginning, there were about twenty people crouching down, but the audience had their eyes on the main performer in the scene which was the tiger. The use of...
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...The Art Of Ballet The production of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake tells a beautiful story that differs completely from the original Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. He presents to the audience story line through well-choreographed ballet that is clear and does not require an extensive reading of the program notes to comprehend (Motzkus). The audience does not have to be well experienced or have any background in dance to grasp the understanding of the plot and characters development. Bourne’s Swan Lake takes the world by storm by replacing the main roles such as Odette/Odile and the swans, always played by ballerinas, with male dancers and presents before us his interpretation of Swan Lake. But what is the typical swan from Swan Lake? My first thought, like many others, would be just like this group of female dancers in their ruffles of tutu, tights, and tiara headpiece. A group of swans dance around their princess. They hope that she will find a prince of pure of heart who will pledge his love to her in order to break the curse. However the prince and princess are face with many challenges that will test their love and devotion to one another. It was only in death were they finally able to be together. And all this express with no words just dance movement and climatic music. [pic] [pic] Picture 1 Picture 2 But here comes Matthew Bourne who takes these thoughts and replaces all that everyone is used to in the performing arts with a group of dancers in knee-high feathered trousers...
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...have to go through. This film was somewhat of a revival for classical ballet. However, the following paragraphs are not about the challenges of dancers, but rather the differences between classical ballet and contemporary ballet. Stage #1 – Identification and Description The setting on the classical ballet video and the contemporary ballet is similar. Neither of the videos showed any setting or used any props. It was simple and plain, as if to emphasize the performance of the dancers than that of the entire play. The costumes on the other hand were completely different. In the classical ballet performers wore fancy, beautiful, bejeweled, costumes while the contemporary ballet dancers wore simple, comfortable, light clothing. It is clear that the costumes are made with the dancers movements in mind. For instance, the classical ballet dancers have more restricting, less fluid movements, while the contemporary ballet dancers are fluid, flexible and contortionists. As for the lighting involved, the contemporary dancers were being focused on most of the time, while the performers’ of classical ballet were not. During the performance the classical ballet used live instrumentation, while the contemporary ballet performed to a recorded soundtrack. Stage #2-Analysis Use of body During their performances the dancers mostly used their legs, however the contemporary dancers used all of their body more than the classical ballet performers. The contemporary performers contorted their...
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...von Laban’s systematization of “quality in movement”: Space: indirect, direct Time: sustained, quick Weight: strong, light Flow: free, bound Acc. to Laban, all human movement exhibits constellations of these factors that form identifiable textures or qualities of movement. 1 2. The characteristic use of the parts of the body with their symbolic associations. Solar plexus (Duncan), lower abdomen and pelvis as an isolable area (Graham), fixed/vertical torso (ballet). Pelvis: sexual, primitive instincts and desires Chest: emotions and feelings Head: intellect, rationality, process of thinking 3. Characteristic use of “performance space”. (a three dimensional spatial grid symbolically defines the space) i.e. movements that occur in the air (jumps & lifts) or gestures towards upper space – mostly associated with the pure, heavenly, etc. movements on the flor –associations with more earthly existence. 2 THEATRE DANCE From Aristocratic Entertainments (1300-1600) to Court Spectacles (1530s-1640s) to French Court Ballet – “The Sun King” Dancing (1650-1700s) French nobility “dancing” in the entertainments and spectacles to show off their power and dignity. Spectacles organized by courts, dukedoms, etc. quickly became competitive, one court trying to display greater power and wealth than another. Idealisation of aristocratic power became the new impetus for dance. Court entertainments were prepared with great care. They were 4-5 hours elaborate programs consisting of unconnected...
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...lot of people to talk about the information about. My mother and my sister are avid dancers and they have been dancing for their whole lives. When I was younger I always had gone to all of their dancing comeptitions and performances and I loved the way everyone competed, looked, and acted out on the dancing floor. My sister was very good at ballet which got me very curious when learning about ballet in this class. In middle school I had a dance unit in physical education which broadened my horizon of the dance world. We learned all these types of dancing such as the two step, ballet, hip-hop, and some barn dances. All of these dances were really great to learn about and interesting to actually do with other people. I also participated in a group called “Social Dance” in which every Saturday we went into this large auditorium and viewed other people dancing and tried to mimic their dances with a partner. I was always very nervous to go on stage and dance in front of the whole group. I remember that there was a lot of ballet involved and the costumes were much like the ones we have learned in this class. We got to try on the ballet...
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...On the Alvin Ailey Dance, I saw that ballet movements in the choreography because their movement is the same to the ballet dance. For example, the way they are expression of their face, classical ballet walk, and first position feet/arms, second position feet/arms, third position arms, fourth position feet/arms, fifth position feet/arms. I do not see that this dance is like the jazz dance because it is more serious of that. For instance, this magnificent work, created by Alvin Ailey in 1960, is a dance on land and in water, a journey through African-American spiritual music and, for dancers, an act of reverence for the generations that came before (Kourlas). Jazz dance is the idea for Physical fitness so it opposites to the Wade in the Water...
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...Ballet Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Ballet requires years of training to learn and master, and much practice to retain proficiency. It has been taught in ballet schools around the world, which have historically used their own cultures to evolve the art. Ballet may also refer to a ballet dance work, which consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production. A well-known example of this is The Nutcracker, a two-act ballet that was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a music score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Ballet dance works are choreographed and performed by trained artists. Many classical ballet works are performed with classical music accompaniment and are theatrical and use elaborate costumes and staging, though there are exceptions to this, such as works by George Balanchine. ------------------------------------------------- Ballroom dance Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, and growing all the more popular in North America. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom...
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...For Beethoven, the sonata form is not a scheme that can be used in caprice one day and abandoned the next. This form dominates everything he imagines and composes; it is the very mark of his creation and the form of his thought – an inherent form, a natural one. (Edwin Fischer, Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas). Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas constitute a great treasure that embodies a part of the human eternity. Numerous pianists and musicologists have researched or studied them, trying to impart to their students or readers the prodigality of these true musical riches. Beethoven holds a key role in the transformation and evolution of the sonata form. Even if he maintains the characteristics initially set by his predecessors, Haydn and Mozart, Beethoven imposes on the sonata his strong personality creating a new, impressive, form of art, in which his own life, with its joys and sorrows, is projected. With Beethoven the musical theme acquires remarkable proportions, of such strength, that it imposes itself over the listener’s attention and memory. As the French composer, Vincent d’ Indy once said, with Beethoven, the musical theme turns into an concept that spreads throughout the hole work making it easily recognizable even if harmonic, modal or tonal aspects change. The fundamental principle of organization of the Beethoven piano sonata is the tonality. We can say that Beethoven perceived tonality as the key to any composition, since it leads to the true...
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...Contemporary dance company in Australia The ease of movement promoted by contemporary dance technique means that is it accessible for beginners as well as allowing experienced dancers to push new boundaries of body movement. Partners can improvise using the natural movement of the body, characterized by weight exchange, fluid movement and touch . 'Contemporary dance' has different meanings in different places. Different terms are used: modern dance, post-modern dance, 'new' dance, experimental dance, dance improvisation and contact improvisation as well as other terms in different languages. It is not contemporary artists and companies working in the fields of classical ballet, modern ballet, jazz dance, show dance or other forms of popular dance. Contempraroy is one of the most biggest dance company and it included lots of people that work for them some of them are : Desire Choreography Lisa Wilson Music by Matt Cornell and Paul Charlier Music edited by Matt Cornell Cast Emily Amisano, Juliette Barton, Lachlan Bell, Thomas Bradley, Richard Cilli, Janessa Dufty, Bernhard Knauer Fanatic Concept Sam Haren, Steve Mayhew, Larissa McGowan Choreography Larissa McGowan Dramaturg Sam Haren Sound Construction Steve Mayhew Cast Natalie Allen, Bernhard Knauer/Chris Aubrey, Thomas Bradley Yield Choreography by Emily Amisano Music by Fourtet, Seekae, Gold Panda Music mixed by Grayson James Cast Lachlan Bell, Juliette Barton, Richard Cilli, Janessa Dufty Dream Lucid ...
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...main character, Nina, is an obsessed ballerina who at the end destroyed her own life. I began the essay trying to prove that her obsession with being perfect is what leaded her to her destruction and death, but after analyzing the movie it all turned around. I based my investigation in reviews of the film, different type of articles; such as from doctors who give their opinion about Nina’s behavior. These ones in particular where the most important for the answer of my research question, because these doctors have analyzed the mental condition of Nina and together with my own opinion it helped me to come to a conclusion. I also focused on the opinion of various dancers about the film, because they are the ones that understand the world of ballet more than anyone else. At last there were also interviews with the director to explain why he decided to make this movie and what he was trying to prove through it. The movie was, of course my principal source, I applied the whole investigation in the analysis of the movie. Then after having read all that information and having analyzed the movie to the end, I came to the conclusion that the need of being perfect of a human being is not what guides to its destruction, there have to be other factors that influence in the problem, such as pressure or intimacy. Index Introduction 4 Chapter 1 7 Perfectionism reflected in the movie 7 Chapter 2 11 Psychological problems brought by being a...
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...The name Ballet comes from France and refers to the Italian word Balletto, a diminutive of Ballo meaning “dance”. It is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries. It quickly spread to the French court of Catherine de' Medici where it was developed even further. In the late 17th Ballet developed as high art during the reign of Louis XIV, who was totally found of dancing and even gave representations in French Court. Beauchamp, who was the personal teacher of the King, codified the five basic positions of classical dance which are used every day by every dancer. In 1669, Louis XIV, retired as a dancer, founded the Académie d’Opéra with Pierre Perrin as director. As French Court was really popular in Europe, other courts imitated the French Ballet and Ballet spread around Europe and then around the world. Then, Ballet spread around the world and many companies were created in the 20th century: for instance, The Royal Ballet Company had was created in 1931 and The New York City Ballet in 1948. Besides, the predominance of French in the vocabulary of ballet reflects this history. Nowadays, for example, in all courses all around the world the French vocabulary is employed: it is always funny to hear Chinese dancers speaking about “grands jetés” or “pas de bourret”. It is true that becoming a ballet dancer requires some physical aptitudes. Actually, dance movements require suppleness. Every dancer does the splits...
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...An 8-year-old girl sat on her bed, as her mom called up to tell her ballet would start soon. A sense of excitement overcame her, as she started to think about her friends and becoming a real ballerina. She quickly slipped on her tan tights and stepped into her black, cotton leotard. Her mom slicked her hair back tight, as she squirmed to get away from her hold. When she looked in the mirror, her brown hair laid perfectly in a bun on top of her head and in her brown eyes she saw the next prima ballerina. Before they left for class, the little girl ran upstairs to grab her pink ballet shoes and gracefully slipped them on. She swiftly ran down the stairs and then jumped to her mother’s car. As the little girl entered the dance studio, the smell...
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...At the Ballet: The Experiences of the Black Ballerina Historically, there have been strict norms for femininity in ballet which have remained relevant in modern times; ballerinas are expected to be lean and willowy, tall and blonde, in which is reflection of the traditional body ideal of classical Russian ballet. They are expected to use light, graceful, and fluid movements, which in turn established the body ideal. Uniformity is desired among the female dancers, as the art form requires symmetry and balance when performing as a group. However, as a male, the only requirement is to be good support for the ballerinas (Howard, 2017), resulting in a less strict standard of beauty. Ballet, since its inception, has been a sport that was incurred...
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