- Ballet | History, Dancers, Choreographers, Companies, Facts | Britannica
Ballet, theatrical dance in which a formal academic dance technique—the danse d’ecole—is combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery The academic technique itself is also known as ballet Learn more about the history of ballet in this article
- American Ballet Theatre
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- What is Ballet? Everything You Need to Know - CPYB
Earlier ballet styles, such as French ballet, Italian ballet, and Russian dance, were associated with geographical roots The latest techniques, such as neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet, merged classical ballet with various dance methods
- Ballet Basics: A Quick Guide to Understanding Ballet - The Kennedy Center
Learn the basics of Ballet, a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century, developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia, and has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary
- 20 Most Famous Ballets of All Time - Discover Walks Blog
As we delve into a list of some exceptional ballets, we are presented with the opportunity to appreciate the origin of ballet dance and celebrate the memorable events created by men and women who made ballet dance a worthy piece of art
- Ballet - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ballet is a type of dance It is only done by dancers who have had special training The dancers are employed by a dance company, and they perform in theatres The first reference to ballet is found in a work of Domenico da Piacenza, who lived in the early 14th century
- A Brief History of Ballet From European Courts to Modern Dance
The term ballet, however, comes from the French ballet de cour, a stylized performance of dance, theater, and speeches The first ballet de cour took place in 1573 at the French court—encouraged by the Italian-born Queen of France Catherine de' Medici who imported her love for ballet
- Ballet History: Timeline, Facts and Stages of ballet - DanceBibles
History of the emergence and spread of classical dance and ballet as an art form: from the 15th century to the present day We explore ballet history
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