Balanchine Technique

• Main Author: Harazimová, Lenka
• Other Authors: Křenková, Mahulena
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: Akademie múzických umění v Praze. Hudební fakulta AMU. Knihovna 2008
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-78060

My thesis called Balanchine Technique deals with the style of a classical dance that originated in America, exactly in the USA. Its founder was a dancer, choreograph and pedagogue, George Balanchine, a native Russian, who emigrated to the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. His ambition was to teach American people such a classical dance to feel comfortably and naturally. The principles of the traditional russian classical technique according to Agripina Jakovlevna Vaganova did not change, they stayed almost the same in Balanchine style. The main difference appears in different accents, dynamics and the style, which he adapted to the setting and to a new and modern era. In terms of the submitted thesis I tried to describe each element of a classical dance according to Balanchine approach. I also focused on the difference between a russian classical dance technique and the Balanchine style. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part I took into account all main elements in the exercice a la barre and in the second part I dealt with basic elements in the exercice au milieu. The whole wording was supplemented with objective pictures. The thesis has been inspired by the book - Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique.