100 years after 1725 women began to dominate ballet (Louis Dupre, classical dancer praised for figure)
Mark of professionalism from Salle, Camargo, and Dupre = total dedication to careers, tremendous time and effort into art - way to establish a position in society
18th cent. European culture shifted to a fluid middle class leadership that allowed mixture of $$ talent to prevail. Time of French & American revolutions = dancers became salesmen (dance was their merchandise) of entertainment and strive for popularity
Camargo = 1st to execute the entrechat quatre & shortened the voluminous 18th cent. skirt, extended the range and virtuosity of women's movement beyond anything
seen
Camargo great musicality
Salle = interested as dance as a form of expressing feelings and portraying situations and not just exhibiting technical talent
Salle Pygmalion - realized creating choreography, performing as a dramatic dancer, designing costumes suited to dance idea a
Ballet world was thoroughly professional and no longer the plaything of amateurs