Aria
-- a solo song in an opera
Ballet
Mistress/Master -- A person associated with a dance company
who trains, rehearses, and teaches
choreography to the dancers.
Ballerina
-- (ba-ler-EE-na). A female dancer.
Bravo
-- excellent, well-done (pronounced "brah-vo")
Choreographer
--
the person who has the idea for a dance and then arranges the steps and
patterns so that they make a whole work of art.
Corps
de ballet -- (cor duh ba-LAY). The dancers in a ballet who dance
as a large group.
Costumes
--
the special clothes dancers wear on stage.
Danseur
-- (dahn-SUHR). A male dancer.
Energy
-
It takes effort to make any movement. Energy describes whether movement
is weak, hard, soft, tense or relaxed.
Forte
-- loud
Jazz
-- a music style which began with African American artists in New Orleans
in the 1890s. It is a blend of African energy & rhythms played
on Western instruments.
Maestro
-- the conductor ("master") of an opera or symphony
Opera
-- "work" (in Italian), shortened from the phrase "opera in musica"
Piano
--
soft
Prop
--
objects used by dancers to add to a dance.
Repertory
--
the
collection of dances that are performed by a company.
Space
-
Space is the area in which things happen and objects can be placed. Spaces
can be large or small, made by humans or by nature, finite or infinite.
Time
-
The duration (how long or short), the tempo (how fast or slow) and the
rhythmic aspects of dance. |
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