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ARTS/100: Introduction To The Visual And Performing Arts
Dance dates back to the Egyptian era, mostly by Priests, who used different movements
to tell stories, to entertain, and for religious purposes. After dance made its first appearance in
the Egyptian era it was then picked up by medieval dancers during Renaissance where a lot of
new dances were created. Dances such as the waltz, ballet, tango, and the rumba quickly became
popular tying to major historical events that were present through the years. As time went on tap,
jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and so many more became popular, not only for entertainment purposes but
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for improving health, social skills, and lifting serotonin levels. In this essay I will talk about
ballet and tap and how they have evolved over the years. I will also talk about different
movements and styles and how they are used to portray a specific mood.
The history of ballet began in the 1500’s in Italy, where the term ball means “to dance”.
A woman by the name of Catherine de Medici married French King Henry II, where she then
introduced the style to France. Ballet evolved over time in many ways, style being one of them.
In the early 1500’s dancers wore layers are layers of clothing, large headdresses, and ornaments.
Costumes were designed more for the eye, but not for comfort. Dance steps were composed of
small hops, slides, curtsies, promenades, and gentle turns (Atlanta Ballet, 2021). The steps and
styles have evolved over the years in a big way. Clothing and costumes are designed with
movement in mind and allows the dancers to perform fluid movements in a costume that flows
with them. Ballerinas’ tutus were also shortened soon after in order to show the dancers legs and
complex movements and footwork. Dancer’s movements started to evolve in the 19th century,
when ballet became less about solely on entertainment and more about technique and
complicated sequences of leaps, pointe work, high extensions and turns. Ballet today is fairly
similar to that of the 19th century however more and more choreographers are looking for to ways
to push boundaries of classical ballet in movement and style. Ballet today is so complex and uses
many different forms of ballet intertwined to make what we know today as modern ballet.
Tap dance originated in the United States in the 19th century, like ballet, but by Africans
and Irish. Slave owners took away traditional African percussion instruments, which caused
slaves to turn to a percussive style of dance. These styles of dance connected with clog dancing
from the British Isles, creating a unique form of movement and rhythm (UMS, 2019). Tap shoes
in the 19th century had wooden soles and at time had pennies glued to the heel of the shoe. The
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