the year that Charles Didelot invented the shoe called a "flying machine" which lifted dancers upward, allowing them to stand on their toes before leaving the ground
What is the year 1795
100
invented the pointe shoe
Who is Charles Didelot ?
100
the two features contained by all pointe shoes
What is a box and a shank ?
100
this dance began the Romantic Era
What is Giselle ?
100
this type of lighting allowed for dimming effects in the theater.
What is gas lighting ?
200
the dance that got people's attention about the pointe shoe
What is La Sylphide?
200
responsible for making the pointe shoe "world renound and known"
Who is Marie Taglioni
200
the part of the shoe that supports the dancer's toes (front end)
What is the box?
200
Choreographed the Pas de quatre, which was a revolutionary dance of this period featuring all of the prima ballerinas of the time.
Who is Jules Perrot ?
200
this ballerina was the first to play the role of Giselle
Who is Carlotta Grisi ?
300
In the 19h century , the pointe shoe was revolutionized even more. What features were added to the shoe to give it certain effects?
What is including a box, and a stiffer stronger sole?
300
responsible for revolutionizing the pointe shoe into the modern pointe shoes worn today.
Who is Anna Pavlova
300
rigid material of the shoe, serves to stiffin the sole and provide support of the dancer's arch.
What is the shank ?
300
the romantic era marked the rise of this, as before men were the primary dancers in ballet.
What is the ballerina ?
300
the movement style was transitioned from the straight, baroqe style movement, into this...
What is soft rounded arms, giving women a soft, flowy look ?
400
the year that Marie Taglioni performed La Sylphide
What is 1832
400
the first ballerina to dance in a non-heeled shoe
Who is Marie Camargo?
400
this type of material is used for making shanks.
what is leather, plastic, cardstock or burlab ?
400
a lot of changes were made to the stage/lighting as well as this ...
What is costumes ?
400
Romantic ballets came from these ideas :
What is perceived conflicts between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, spirit and flesh – realism and fantasy ?