I'm Done!

Yes!!! I am so happy right now because I finally, finally finished my project. i just finished putting the references onto the powerpoint and editing spelling, grammar, etc. The video is also posted on this blog. It is the one I will be showing to the class.

I am really glad that I finished this on time, because in exactly ten minutes I am being picked up to go to my ballet dress rehearsal. Thanks for reading my blog and following me as I work on my project! I hope I get a good mark!!

Thanks again.

Another Update

Right now I am waiting for some webpage to load. I am finishing up my powerpoint and my references. I have all my references now! Ten websites and five books.

These are the new ones.

Garfunkel, T. (1994). On Wings of Joy. Canada: Little, Brown and Company Limited.

Kaminsky, A. (2010, May 4). What are Pointe Shoes?. Retrieved May 17, 2010, from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-pointe-shoes.htm

Watkins, A., & Clarkson, P. M. (1990). Dancing Longer Dancing Stronger. Pennington: Princeton Book Company.

That's all for now.

This is a video my ballet teacher recorded of me dancing. Just so that you get an idea of what ballet is. I'm not very good in it.....

Work Update

Just an update on how my project is going so far. Last night, I had dance, and right before the class started I asked my teacher to record me. Then I went home and put the video on my memory stick. I was really worried that the video wouldn't work on a mac, because my computer at home is a PC, but I tried it out just now and it does work!!! Whew. So now half my project is done, the video. I am now working on my powerpoint and I have done about 4 slides so far.

Another update soon to come.

More Information

I didn't put this information in my summary paper, but after Catherine de Medicis introduced France to ballet, Louis XIV established the first ballet school: l'Académie Royale de Danse. At first, ballets were inspired by the Greeks. In the 19th century, audiences began to favour more romantic ballets. The first romantic ballet was "La Sylphide."

References

Ballet Costumes. (2010, March). Retrieved April 12, 2010, from

http://www.balletdancersguide.com/ballet-costumes.html

Ballet Costumes. (2000). Retrieved April 21, 2010, from

http://www.indianchild.com/ballet_costumes.htm

Beales, J. (1969, December 31). la Barre. Retrieved April 29, 2010, from

http://www.the-ballet.com/barre.php

Bussell, D. (2010). The Young Dancer. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited

CBC. (2010). Into a fantasy world: A history of ballet. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ballet/

Daniels, D. (2010). Ballet. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from

http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0024020-0

Lawrence, R. (2005, June). Ballet. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from

http://www.http://www.lawrencedanceacademy.co.uk/ballet.htm

Sandhyarani, N. (2000). History of Ballet Dancing. Retrieved April 29, 2010, from

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-ballet-dancing.html

Tsiounis, Y. (1997, December 4). History of Ballet. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from

www.ccs.neu.edu/.history.html

Wagner, C. (2002, September 28). Ballet Costumes: Historical Development. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from

http://histclo.com/Act/dance/bal/cos/bc-hist.html

World Book. (2010). Ballet. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar043840&st=ballet

World Book Online. (2010). Ballet. Retrieved April 26, 2010, from

http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Article?id=ar830354&st=ballet#cite

I will be posting more references soon. Right now I have 11 website references and 1 book reference.

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Research

Hello again. Right now I'm doing research for my ballet project and I actually found some pretty interesting information. First off, I thought that ballet was developed in France, because all the moves have French names. I'm wrong, though. It actually first began in Renaissance Italy. They were dance performances in between courses of a banquet. They were further developed in France.

The very first ballet costumes limited the dancer's movement, as they were heavy and had many ornaments on them. Also, they had to wear huge head pieces. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, Marie Camargo changed ballet costumes forever by shortening her skirt to her ankles. Soon, other ballerinas followed her example. Men changed their clothing too, by discarding the jackets they used to wear and keeping the tights. I will be posting the summary paper later on and that will include info on ballet clothing and such.