Dancing Through History Assignment
Compare and contrast three male dancers from different decades or three female dancers from different decades. In the introductory paragraph, state who you have chosen and give their dates. In the next three paragraphs, give a concise history on each of the dancers. Then compare their portrayal of the same character in a ballet. Finally, choose your favorite and explain your choice.
You will have to do some research first. May I suggest looking up the ballet first. Please do not use the Nutcracker ballet.
The writing assignment must be typed in 11 pt. Times font
with 1 and a half line spacing and margins no greater than .8. It should be error free.
A brief list of examples:
Dancer/ Ballet/ Notes
Baryshnikov, Mikhail/ Don Quixote
Bocca, Julio /Manon
Bussell, Darsey/Demonstration Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty Rose Adagio Variation, Mayerling
Cojocaru, Alina/Sleeping Beauty, Demonstration Rose Adagio
Giselle
Corella , Angel/Le Corsaire
Ferri, Allesandra/Carmen,
Giselle, Romeo & Juliet
La Chauvre-souris w/Massimo Murru
Fonteyn, Margot/Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene w/Nureyev, Giselle w/ Nureyev
Guillem, Sylvie/ Don Quixote Rehearsal Kitri’s Solo, Swan Lake w/ Jonathan Cope, Raymonda
Kobborg, Johan/ Sleeping Beauty
Makharova, Nathalia/Swan Lake Odile Part One, Odette Variation, Giselle, Raymonda,
Romeo & Juliet w/Kevin McKenzie, A Month in the Country w/Anthony Dowell
Nureyev, Rudolph/ La Morte et le Juene Homme, Le Spectre de la Rose, Paradise Lost Rehearsal w/ Fonteyn, Swan Lake Act III Finale
Plisetskaya, Maya/Dying Swan, Swan Lake, Bolero
Vishneva, Diana/Don Quixote Variation
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