![]() ![]() This is attained when dance artists combine physical and perceptual parameters, such as symmetry, balance, grouping, allround effects and contrapposto. ![]() Following connoisseurship trends, the dancer’s body is arranged in space according to specific principles of placement, based on several references, artworks or popular antiques: the limbs’ setting shows a refined reference to a classical art piece or sometimes hides a subtler and implicit evocation, in the vein of “being a living collection”. The lack of structured dance notation systems represents an obstacle for current embodiment of ancient dance styles and techniques, but sketches by Jean Aumer (1774-1833), Carlo Blasis (1795-1878), and André Jean-Jacques Deshayes (1777-1846) enable us to depict some specific choreographic processes of the time. ![]() In early 19th century ballet, drawing seems to be a relevant skill for a successful European ballet master. ![]()
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