From Fairy Tale to Ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty."
Location
CSU
Mentor's Name
Julie Kerr-Berry
Mentor's Department
Theatre and Dance
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
In my presentation, I will be discussing the origin and other background information about the fairy tale and the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty." First, I will compare the written version and the performance version. Second, I will examine the culture context within each; the ballet that was created by Petipa in the late 1800s, as well as other components. For example, I will look at the interrelationship between the spiritual and physical implications of the dancing body as revealed through ballet. A video clip of Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty" will be used to illustrate my findings. Third, and closely related to my second objective, I will examine the secular and sacred aspects of the ballet. Through live performance, I will conclude with two short dance phrases. One phrase will demonstrate the "up" in ballet. The other will demonstrate the "down" in modem dance. Ballet, although a secular art form, mirrors the Christian religious principle of ascension through upwardness. The later, modem, or contemporary dance mirrors the more primal origins or non-Christian roots through its downwardness.
From Fairy Tale to Ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty."
CSU
In my presentation, I will be discussing the origin and other background information about the fairy tale and the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty." First, I will compare the written version and the performance version. Second, I will examine the culture context within each; the ballet that was created by Petipa in the late 1800s, as well as other components. For example, I will look at the interrelationship between the spiritual and physical implications of the dancing body as revealed through ballet. A video clip of Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty" will be used to illustrate my findings. Third, and closely related to my second objective, I will examine the secular and sacred aspects of the ballet. Through live performance, I will conclude with two short dance phrases. One phrase will demonstrate the "up" in ballet. The other will demonstrate the "down" in modem dance. Ballet, although a secular art form, mirrors the Christian religious principle of ascension through upwardness. The later, modem, or contemporary dance mirrors the more primal origins or non-Christian roots through its downwardness.
