Cuban Ballet

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Background, Brief History
When ballet started out in the beginning of the sixteen hundreds there were only male dancers, even for the female roles. Also during this time masks were highly incorporated in their dances. Finally, females were incorporated professionally in sixteen- eighty one. The start of this was from the dance, “Le Triomphe de I’Amour,” which means the triumph of love. This was the start of as we know ballet today.

The way other countries influenced ballet in the United Stated of America changed between 1914 and 2015
Many countries influence has been mostly positive. (Thesis). One aspect that we got inspired by and used in the early twenty first century was Cuban ballet. Many countries like America also have done the same. By watching Cuban ballet it is …show more content…

In the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties Germany had a big influence on American ballet dancers, and choreographers. During this time Germany had exquisite dancers, such as Mary Wigman, perform this new modernized, and nontraditional dance develop in their country.
American dancers like Martha Graham, and Doris Humphrey adopted this style of dance. The love for this style was due to the way it extends inner characters for different stories, and dances. As well as Germany’s influence in there dancing they also had a huge influence with their composers. The popular composers you often hear ballet done with is often by Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms.

Overall many countries encouraged America to have their own prestigious ballet studios. In the nineteen forties America Opened two new ballet companies in New York that still have their respected standards. They are American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet. ("Dancing Online, History of Ballet") New

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