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The position of ballet conductor is a late-20th-century phenomenon. The exponential increase in ballet performances during the half-century beginning in about 1925 has led to some permanent positions for this new breed, whereas temporary engagements of conductors had been the rule earlier. Salient job qualifications are an interest in dance and a well-honed sense of movement. Ballet conductors must also cultivate the self-discipline to consistently play according to an agreed tempo, since they dare not throw the dancers off by letting their mood on a given day affect how the music is played.
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The history of dance is marked by cycles of theatricalism and antitheatricalism. These cycles are connected with societal theories about art in general and the value of a mimetic or theatrical philosophy of art. The early 1990s find the art world in a pluralistic mode in which mixed media and many different art forms are acceptable. The idea of a contentless art seems out of style and art as representation and theatricalism seem on the rise again.
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Two books by dancing master Fabritio Caroso, published in 1581 and 1600, reflect the changes from Renaissance styles more commonly noted in other art forms at the time. Inspired especially by architecture, Caroso sought to create a more perfect dance predicated on rules of order and balance.
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