Welche Bedeutung nahmen Ballets für die Machtrepräsentation der Herrscher in der Frühen Neuzeit ein? Diese Frage wird in der Dissertation ‚Tanz und Repräsentation. Machtdarstellung im Ballet de cour der Wettiner und ihrer Verbündeten im protestantischen Raum (1600-1725)‘ erörtert. Dienten die nobilitierten Tänze in Ballets der Tugenddarstellung? Wurden personifizierte Laster in mimetischen Grotesken- und Moriskentänzen choreografiert? Mit welchen Motiven, Symbolen und Bildern erfolgte die Ehrung der Herrscher? Symbolisierten tanzende Blumenmädchen, Bauern und Winzer die glückseligen Untertanen? Dokumentarische Grundlage der Studien zu diesen Fragen bildeten Text- und Musikquellen der Tanzstücke sächsischer Kurfürsten und verbündeter Adelsfamilien, die sich heute in verschiedenen Bibliotheken Europas befinden. Die zentralen Untersuchungsgegenstände bewegen sich im Bereich der Funktionsästhetik – priorisiert behandelt werden Motivik, Symbolik und Semantik von Text, Choreografie und Dekor der Ballets. Dabei wurde der These nachgegangen, dass die genuinen Funktionen des nobilitierten Tanzes wie die Affektregulierung in bildlicher Übersetzung zur Verdeutlichung von Macht dienten. Die Untersuchungen zeigten, dass die häufigsten Anlässe von Ballet-Aufführungen Zusammenkünfte der regierenden Familien bei Hochzeiten, Karnevalsfeiern, diplomatischen Treffen, Geburtstagen und Taufen bildeten. Die bei diesen Treffen verhandelten Themen schlugen sich oftmals in Ballets nieder und wurden darin erörtert. Dabei tanzten die jeweiligen Teilnehmer allegorische Figuren, die ihre Positionen versinnbildlichten und damit deren Macht symbolisierten – eine Bildsprache, die auf die Popularisierung politischer Intentionen abzielte. Tanzveranstaltungen dieser Ausrichtung können am Hofe der Wettiner bis in das 15. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgt werden; so tanzten Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise, sein Bruder Johann und König Maximilian 1485 gemeinsam in gleichen Kostümen in einer Mummerei und verdeutlichten damit ihre Verbundenheit. Ab 1500 nahm die Zahl thematischer Maskeraden mit informativen Tanzeinlagen stetig zu. Am Hofe Johann Georgs I. begann unter der Federführung von Michael Praetorius und Heinrich Schütz die Tradition der politisch motivierten Ballets. Bereits das erste größere in Dresden arrangierte Tanzstück, Heinrich Schütz Wunderliche translocation des Berges Parnassi, kam 1617 im Rahmen von Verhandlungen zwischen Kaiser Matthias I. und Johann Georg I. zur Aufführung. Auch ein von Schütz für die Hochzeit von Prinzessin Magdalena Sibylle von Sachsen mit dem dänischen Prinzen Christian 1634 in Kopenhagen vertontes Balletlibretto stellte das Herzstück von Friedensverhandlungen dar. Die in Dresden 1678/79 inszenierten Opera-Ballet von Würckung der 7. Planeten (= Ballet von Zusammenkunft und Wirckung derer VII. Planeten) und Opera-Ballet von dem Judicio Paridis, Und der Helenae Raub versinnbildlichten in ihrer Ästhetik eines Zusammenschlusses von Dramma per musica und Ballet de cour vermutlich befriedende Interessen innerhalb des Niederländisch-Französischen Krieges. Die von den Ballets de cour ausgehende Harmonie wurde genutzt, um die Position des Herrschers als Erschaffer einer Ordnung im Staat zu demonstrieren, in der Darstellung von Tugenden und in Affektdiskursen verdeutlichte er seine diplomatischen, militärischen und moralischen Fähigkeiten. Hinweis der Autorin (12. März 2021): Die Überschrift auf S. 71 muss korrekt lauten: 'Friedensbilder in den Hochzeits-Ballets von Kopenhagen 1634 und Dresden 1638'. Hinweis der Autorin (14. September 2021): Der Beginn von Zeile 2 auf S. 62 muss korrekt lauten: 'Tochter des Markgrafen Christian Wilhelm zu Brandenburg'. Hinweis der Autorin (14. September 2021): Der Beginn von Zeile 5 im 2. Abschnitt auf S. 69 muss korrekt lauten: 'Königswahl für seinen Vetter, Erzherzog Ferdinand'. / What meaning did ballets have for the representation of rulers in the Early Modern Period? This question is discussed in the dissertation “Tanz und Repräsentation. Machtdarstellung im Ballet de cour der Wettiner und ihrer Verbündeten im protestantischen Raum (1600-1725)“. Did noble dances in ballets depict the ruler’s virtues? Were personalized vices choreographed in mimetic grotesque and moresque dances? By which motives, symbols and pictures was the honour of the rulers pointed out? In the context of these questions, the hypothesis was derived that the functions of noble dance were used for demonstrating the ruler’s power; he represented as dancer in ballets his diplomatic, military and moral abilities. Text and music sources from the dance entertainments created for the Saxon electors and allied families (which are now to be found in various libraries in Europe) were the documentary bases of this analysis. The main objects of investigation were in the field of functional aesthetics - prioritizing the subject matter, the symbolism and semantic of text, choreography and ballet decor. The investigation showed that the most common occasions for ballet performances were gatherings of ruling families at weddings, carnivals, diplomatic gatherings, birthdays and baptisms. The topics negotiated at these meetings were often brought up and were discussed in ballets. The respective participants danced allegorical figures that symbolized their positions and their power a pictorial language that aimed to popularize political intentions. This political motivation of the Wettin dance entertainments dates back to the fifteenth century. Elector Friedrich der Weise, his brother Johann and King Maximilian for example danced together in 1485. They were dressed in a mummery in similar costumes and thus clarified bond and political alliance. From 1500 onwards, the number of thematic masquerades with informative dance performances steadily increased. At the court of Johann Georg I of Saxony, under the leadership of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, the tradition of the politically motivated ballets began. Already the first dance piece arranged in Dresden, Heinrich Schütz’ Wunderliche translocation des Weitberühmbten und fürtrefflichen Berges Parnassi und seiner Neun Göttin, was performed in the context of negotiations between Emperor Matthias and Johann Georg I in 1617. Another ballet by Schütz which was created for the wedding of Princess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxony with the Danish Prince Christian in Copenhagen in 1634 was also the centerpiece of peace efforts. The Opera-Ballet von Würckung der 7. Planeten (= Ballet Von Zusammenkunft und Wirckung derer VII. Planeten) and the Opera-Ballet von dem Judicio Paridis und der Helenae Raub symbolized, in their aesthetics of a contextually interconnected meshing of arias and dances, the pacifying interests within the Dutch-French War. In summary, it can be concluded that the harmony emanating from the ballets de cour was used to demonstrate the position of the ruler as a creator of an order within the state. These ballets portrayed the ruler’s virtues and, therefore, affected the discourse around him regarding public opinions. Author's note (12 March 2021): The heading on p. 71 should correctly read: 'Friedensbilder in den Hochzeits-Ballets von Kopenhagen 1634 und Dresden 1638 Author's correction (14 September 2021): The beginning of line 2 on p. 62 should read correctly: 'Tochter des Markgrafen Christian Wilhelm zu Brandenburg' Author's correction (14 September 2021): The beginning of line 5 in the 2nd paragraph on p. 69 should read correctly: 'Königswahl für seinen Vetter, Erzherzog Ferdinand

This thesis investigates possible connections between the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) and the later surrealist movement, turning to Parade (1917) in a case study that seeks to understand surrealism in music through the idea of self-exploration, a well-established interpretive approach in studies of surrealism in the visual arts. This thesis seeks to redefine surrealism in music not as a set of concrete musical characteristics, but as a collection of techniques meant to evoke subconscious turbulence by blurring the boundary between the "outside" and "inside," between conscious and subconscious, leading to a new discovery of higher or deeper truth. Satie's music aligns with the psychoanalytic elements of the discourse on surrealism. Psychoanalysis, pioneered by Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and his followers in the 1890s in Vienna, permeated France around the time of the creation of the work. It inspired early surrealist techniques like automatism, illusory formal structures, collage, and stylistic allusion. This thesis demonstrates that such techniques can be discerned throughout Parade, not only in Satie's music, but also in its scenario, staging, costumes, and choreography. As such, Parade was a foundational work for the surrealist movement, with Satie's music contributing with the other media equally to the emotional and psychological impact of the ballet.

This thesis work comprises the working and simulation procedures being involved in simulating motion capture data in AnyBody Modeling System. The motion capture data used in this thesis are ballet movements from dancers of Östgöta ballet and dance academy. The ballet movements taken into consideration are the arabesque on demi-pointe and pirouette. The arabesque on demi-pointe was performed by two dancers but the pirouette is performed by only one dancer. The method involved recording ballet movements by placing markers on the dancer's body and using this motion capture data as input to AnyBody Modeling System to create a musculoskeletal simulation. The musculoskeletal modeling involved creating a very own Qualisys marker protocol for the markers placed on the ballet dancers. Then implementing the marker protocol onto a human model in AnyBody Modeling System by making use of the AnyBody Managed Modeling Repository (TM) and obtain the kinematics from the motion capture. To best fit the human model to the dancer's anthropometry, scaling of the human model is done, environmental conditions such as the force plates are provided. An optimization algorithm is conducted for the marker positions to best fit the dancer's anthropometry by running parameter identification. From the kinematics of the motion capture data, we simulate the inverse dynamics in AnyBody Modeling System. The simulations explain a lot of parameters that describe the ballet dancers. Results such as the center of mass, the center of pressure, muscle activation, topple angle are presented and discussed. Moreover, we compare the models of the dancers and draw conclusions about body balance, effort level, and muscles activated during the ballet movements.

This thesis aims to investigate Les Ballet Suédois (1920-1925) and their ambition to create total works of art (Gesamtkunstwerk), a term made famous by the composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). With regards to modern research into total works of art as expressions of the social or political visions of the avant-garde, this thesis applies theoretical concepts of intermediality and performativity to discern how the company cooperated with members of the Parisian avant-garde. Their joint mission was to regenerate society by uniting the arts and constructing ballets designed as total works of art that conveyed the ideas of the collaborating artists, commonly expressed in written manifestos during this era. In analyzing three works: Dårhuset/Maison de Fous, Världens Skapelse/La Création du Monde, and Relâche, it was revealed that staging total works of art was a common pursuit among artists of the avant-garde. The unique function of the Ballet Suédois was to transgress the ideas of the avant-garde into corporeal, temporal, intermedial manifestations of their radical collaborators. The results showed that Ballet Suédois functioned as enablers that performatized aesthetic, social and political ideas to the stage and, in manifesting the manifestos, had a unique function within the Parisian avant-garde of the early 1920s.

The purpose of this study is to, within an artistic process, investigate a dance practice and how the process is enriched by the interaction with three experts within the field of dance pedagogy. Furthermore, it discusses aspects from the process that can be applied in dance education. Methods that are used is autoethnographic perspectives and self-reflective writing in the studio before inviting experts to three unique practical interviews. The results are an intense movement analysis from the work in the studio and deep interaction on the work with three interviews that highlight things such as bodily exploration, musicality and reflection on practice. The study’s conclusion is that a method for ballet class inspired by Creative movement can enrich dance education with reflexivity, but the study also highlights the importance of repetition of movement. / <p>En praktisk föreläsning av arbetet hölls 16 maj i studio 16 på Brinellvägen 58.</p>

Sport and dance injuries have increased despite improvements in coaching techniques and medical care. Other factors, including psychological ones, were therefore thought to play a role in injury vulnerability. Most of the attempts to explain how psychological variables can affect an athlete's predisposition to injury have been based on anxiety or stress concepts. In this survey type study an interactive approach to stress has been adopted with the goal of finding a relationship between stress and injury in a group of professional ballet dancers. No simple direct relationship was found. Multiple regression analysis was performed and a more complicated relationship between stress indicators and injury was found. When an attempt was made to investigate the significant interaction, no significant correlations were found. However, the correlations were found to be large and negative. This could indicate that if the sample size had been larger significant correlations may have been found. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Sport and dance injuries have increased despite improvements in coaching techniques and medical care. Other factors, including psychological ones, were therefore thought to play a role in injury vulnerability. Most of the attempts to explain how psychological variables can affect an athlete's predisposition to injury have been based on anxiety or stress concepts. In this survey type study an interactive approach to stress has been adopted with the goal of finding a relationship between stress and injury in a group of professional ballet dancers. No simple direct relationship was found. Multiple regression analysis was performed and a more complicated relationship between stress indicators and injury was found. When an attempt was made to investigate the significant interaction, no significant correlations were found. However, the correlations were found to be large and negative. This could indicate that if the sample size had been larger significant correlations may have been found. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

The general aim of this research is the development of categories and codes (according to Saldaña's terminology, 2009) of the uses, functions and properties of the floor in dance. We have followed a methodology based on the qualitative analysis of a video corpus of dance works that were selected representive of a specific language (classical, modern and new dance) or as belonging to a particular historical moment (our research ranges from the end of the 19th century to the present), although some choreographies have also been included due to their contribution to the use of the floor in dance. In addition, this selection has been restricted by the availability of the works in video format. The final list of the works we have been analysing makes a total of 295 choreographies, 11 of which have been examined in depth so as to develop a qualitative codification. Once the categories had been established, the different aspects of the corpus of dances could be finally described and, in each category, the codes, which are the values of the dances, were also constituted. From the video-based qualitative analysis we propose different categories, grouped into three meta-categories focusing on the body techniques, the characteristics of the ground/floor, and the representation. / El objetivo general de esta investigación es el desarrollo de categorías y códigos (según la terminología de Saldaña, 2009) de los usos, funciones y características del suelo en la danza, por lo que hemos seguido una metodología basada en el análisis cualitativo de un corpus de videos de obras dancísticas, seleccionadas por ser representativas de un lenguaje concreto (clásico, moderno y new dance) o por pertenecer a un momento histórico determinado (nuestra investigación parte desde finales del siglo XIX y llega hasta la época actual), aunque también hemos incluido algunas coreografías que consideramos relevantes por su aportación respecto al uso del suelo. Esta selección también se ha visto condicionada a la disponibilidad en formato video de las obras. El listado final de obras sobre las que hemos trabajado ha sido del orden de 400 coreografías, de las cuales 11 han sido analizadas en profundidad para desarrollar la codificación cualitativa, estableciendo unas categorías de análisis que han permitido describir los diferentes aspectos del corpus de danzas, y en cada categoría, establecer unos códigos que son los valores que pueden adquirir las danzas. Este trabajo de visionado ha tenido como resultado del análisis cualitativo diversas categorías, y nos hemos centrado en las relativas al cuerpo, a las propiedades del suelo para la danza y a la representación.. / Aquesta investigació te com a objectiu el desenvolupament de categories i codis (segons terminologia de Saldaña, 2009) dels usos, funcions i caracterítiques del sòl a la dansa, per la qual cosa hem seguit una metodologia d'anàlisi qualitativa d'un corpus de vídeos de dansa, seleccionats perquè són representatius dels diferents llenguatges (clàssic, modern i new dance) o perquè pertanyen a un moment històric determinat (la nostra investigació s'inicia a finals del segle XIX i arriba fins a l'època actual), encara que també hi hem inclòs algunes coreografies que considerem rellevants per la seua aportació a la dansa en l'ús del sòl. La selecció s'ha vist condicionada a la disponibilitat de les obres en format vídeo, essent un total de vora 295 les coreografies analitzades, de les quals 11 han estat treballades en profunditat per al desenvolupament de la codificació qualitativa, constituïnt unes categories d'anàlisi que han permés descriure els diferents aspectes del corpus de danses, i establint a cada categoria uns codis com a resultat dels valors que les danses poden adquirir. Aquest treball de visionat presenta, com a resultat de l'anàlisi qualitativa, diverses categories, i la nostra investigació s'ha centrat en les que són estrictaments corporals, les referides a les propietats del sòl en relació a la dansa i les de la seua representació. / Arnal Rodrigo, RV. (2017). El suelo en la danza: uso del cuerpo y propiedades del soporte [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90449

Цель магистерской диссертации заключается в выявлении редакторской специфики создания контент-маркетинговой стратегии театральных корпоративных изданий с последующим составлением рекомендаций. Редакторский подход к созданию контент-маркетинговой стратегии театрального корпоративного издания определяет новизну исследования. Материалом для исследования послужили театральные корпоративные издания «Урал Опера Балет» и Московского театра «Новая Опера». Общий объем проанализированного материала составил более 1200 текстов разных жанров и свыше 1950 иллюстраций из 135 выпусков. В фокусе исследовательского внимания оказались заметки, интервью и фотография как визуальный жанр. В процессе исследования были проанализированы коммуникативные тактики в материалах заметки и интервью, способствующие решению задач, поставленных контент-маркетинговой стратегией. Коммуникативные тактики были разделены на четыре группы – сопоставительные, воздействующие, самопрезентации, взаимоотношений со зрителем. Общими для театральных корпоративных изданий «Урал Опера Балет» и Московского театра «Новая Опера» являются тактики заботы и участия, «проблемное поле», ожидания положительной оценки, ценностной ориентации. Таким образом, издания не только формируют позитивный образ театров и транслируют их ценности, но и открыто обозначают существующие проблемы. По результатам анализа визуального контента предложена классификация жанров фотографии театральных корпоративных изданий. Было выделено три жанра – фоторепортаж, портретное и объектное фотоизображения, которые подразделяются на поджанры. Фоторепортаж представлен сценой из спектакля, фото с репетиции, событийным фото, фотоальбомом. Портретные фотоизображения имеют следующие разновидности: актер в роли, человек за работой, репортажный, постановочный, архивный. Объектные фотоизображения разделяются на фотографии театральных декораций, костюмов, интерьеров, документов. Перечисленные визуальные жанры, за исключением постановочного фотопортрета, помогают эффективно воздействовать на аудиторию и достигать целей театральной организации. При опоре на положительный и отрицательный опыт рассмотренных СМИ театральным корпоративным изданиям был предложен перечень рекомендаций для создания текстового и визуального контента. / The purpose of the master's thesis is to identify the editorial specifics of the content-marketing strategy of the theatrical corporate publications, followed by recommendations. The editorial approach to creating the content-marketing strategy for the theatrical corporate publication determines the novelty of the research. The foundation for the research was the theatrical corporate publications of «Ural Opera Ballet» and the Moscow theater «New Opera». The total volume of the analyzed material was more than 1200 texts of different genres and more than 1950 illustrations from 135 editions. Notes, interviews and photography as a visual genre were in focus of research attention. During the process of research, the communicative tactics were analyzed by the notes and interviews. These tactics contribute to the solution of the tasks, which are set by the content-marketing strategy. Communicative tactics were divided into four groups – comparative, influencing, self-presentation, relationship with the viewer. Tactics of care and participation, «problem field», expectations of positive evaluation, value orientation are common for theater corporate publications of «Ural Opera Ballet» and the Moscow theater «New Opera». Thus, the publications not only form a positive image of theaters and transmit their values, but also openly identify existing problems. The classification of genres of photography of theatrical corporate publications is proposed based on the results of the analysis of visual content. There were highlighted three genres: photo reportage, portrait and object photo images, which were subdivided into subgenres. A photo reportage is presented by a scene from a performance, by a photo from a rehearsal, by an event photo, by a photo album. Portrait photo images have the following varieties: actor in the role, person at work, reporting, staged, archived. Object photo images are divided into photographs of theatrical scenery, costumes, interiors, documents. The listed visual genres, with the exception of a staged photo portrait, help to effectively influence on the audience and achieve the goals of the theatrical organization. The list of recommendations for the creation of text and visual content was proposed to the theater corporate publications based on the positive and negative experience of the reviewed media.

Ausgehend von Oskar Schlemmers (1888-1943) Bauhaus-Signet aus dem Jahr 1923 analysiert diese Arbeit den Zusammenhang zwischen Mensch und Raum im Œuvre des Bauhaus-Meisters. Die bei Betrachtung des Signets aufkommende These, Mensch und Raum – die zwei tradierten Pole des Schaffens Schlemmers – bedingten sich gegenseitig, wird untersucht, hinterfragt und um die Kategorie der Kunstfigur erweitert. Das erste Kapitel beleuchtet den Menschen als Maß aller Dinge. Der angestrebte Typus entsteht einerseits über Schlemmers Analyse des menschlichen Körpers mittels tradierter Proportionsstudien und Geometrisierung, die zu einer zumindest scheinbaren Berechenbarkeit führen. Betrachtet werden hierbei die Ausführungen Leonardo da Vincis, Albrecht Dürers und Adolf Zeisings. Andererseits nutzt Schlemmer die physiognomischen Überlegungen Richarda Huchs und Carl Gustav Carus‘ für seine Zwecke der Darstellung einer Entindividualisierung des Menschen. Hierauf aufbauend befasst sich das zweite Kapitel mit dem Raum. Es zeigt, dass Schlemmers Überlegungen zu theoretischem und gebautem Raum ihren Ursprung in Albert Einsteins Relativitätstheorie nehmen und von Debatten am Bauhaus genährt werden: Schlemmer betrachtet den Raum als wandelbar und abhängig vom Menschen, was unter anderem durch eigene Schriften und den einzig überlieferten Architekturentwurf Schlemmers gefestigt wird. Zur Untersuchung einer umgekehrten Einflussnahme des Raumes auf den menschlichen Körper erweitert das dritte Kapitel die zwei tradierten Pole des Schlemmer’schen Œuvres um einen weiteren: die Kunstfigur. Diese, so belegt das Kapitel, generiert ihre eigene Körperlichkeit über den Einfluss des veränderlichen Raumes, darüber hinaus aber auch durch die Abstrahierung des zugrundeliegenden menschlichen Körpers mittels des Kostüms und der Maske. Über diese beiden wiederum vollzieht sich auch eine Wandlung des Menschen. / Taking the Bauhaus signet, designed by Oskar Schlemmer in 1923, as a starting point, the present thesis examines the relationship between man and space – the two consistently named poles of Schlemmer’s work – within the œuvre of the Bauhaus master. It analyzes, questions and expands the assumption, at first glance suggested by the signet, that space and man are mutually dependent: The first chapter deals with man as the measure of all things. The type pursued by Schlemmer results, on the one hand, from his analysis of man via proportion and geometric studies by Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer and Adolf Zeising that lead to a certain calculability. On the other hand, Schlemmer uses physiognomic ideas of Richarda Huch and Carl Gustav Carus to depict a certain de-individualization. Based on the results of the first chapter, the second chapter deals with questions of space. It shows that Schlemmer’s considerations of theoretical space and architecture stem from Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and are fed by Bauhaus debates on that same topic: Schlemmer regards space and architecture as subject to change and dependent on man; this theory is also strengthened by his writings and his only surviving architectural design. To examine the reverse influence of space on the human body, the third chapter adds the Kunstfigur (art figure) as another category to the established two poles of Schlemmer’s œuvre discussed in the literature: man and space. The chapter proves that the Kunstfigur generates its own corporeality through the influence of space, which is modifiable by movement. Besides that, said corporeality is also determined by an abstraction, in turn caused by costumes and masks. These items also influence the outer appearance of man.