Dance of character
The dance of character is a form of theatrical Danse appeared in the middle of the 18th century. It takes as a starting point the steps of traditional Danse and trades, mainly of the people of Europe, which it stylizes and adapts to the academic technique.
It is probably with the theaters of the fair that the dance of character develops, enriching the repertory by the Ballet-pantomime by new steps and new characters. At the end of the 18th century, one sees appearing a great number of variations introduced into the Ballet S and the Contredanse S: Of Provence the , the Cossack , the not Chinese , the not of the sabot-makers , is as many new figures which decorate choreographies.
At the 19th century, Cachucha of Jean Coralli (danced by Fanny Elssler and noted by Zorn) is one of the first typical examples, and each dancer must have her speciality, drawing from the Folklore Italian, Spanish, Russian or Polish.
In parallel a dance of character develops with vocation Militaire, danced by the “provosts of dance”.
At the 20th century, the dance of character becomes an autonomous discipline and she knows a great vogue thanks to national troops whose repertory entirely consists of this choreographic form. One will quote, inter alia, the Ballet Moïsseïev, Antonio Gades or Riverdance, inspired respectively by the folklores Russian, Spanish (Flamenco) and Irish.
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