Characteristics/Reforms
- The male dancer returns.
- Expressiveness: work was not just solely about technique or divertissements as found in classical ballet
- Movement vocabulary freed
- Individuals were important rather than a corps de ballet of classical form
- Unified theme: pieces were often one act, and always sought to express a single theme throughout the piece
- Collaboration: Choreographers and dancers collaborated with set designers and musicians in order to create pieces
- Reflection of Russian taste, themes (idea of developing Russian art, rather than importing western art and influence)
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