Feb 7, 2025 · 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. …

Paris Opéra Ballet, ballet company established in France in 1661 by Louis XIV as the Royal Academy of Dance (Académie Royale de Danse) and amalgamated with the Royal Academy …

2 days ago · France - Dance, Ballet, Folk: France is famous for developing ballet. In 1581 the Ballet comique de la reine was performed at the French court of Catherine de Médicis. …

ballet, Theatrical dance in which a formal academic technique (the danse d’école) is combined with music, costume, and stage scenery. Developed from court productions of the …

Feb 7, 2025 · Ballet - Storytelling, Music, Dance: Ballet remained subservient to vocal music at the Paris Opéra until the 1770s, but elsewhere—and even in Paris—enlightened ballet …

Ballet movement, in classical ballet, any of the formalized actions of a dancer that follow specific rules regarding the positions of the arms, feet, and body. Ballet choreography is based on …

…French choreographer whose revolutionary treatise, Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (1760), still valid, brought about major reforms in ballet production, stressing the importance of …

Pierre Beauchamp (born 1636, Versailles, Fr.—died 1705, Paris) was a French ballet dancer and teacher whose contributions to the development of ballet include the definition of the five basic …

Jean-Georges Noverre was a distinguished French choreographer whose revolutionary treatise, Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (1760), still valid, brought about major reforms in ballet …

Mar 17, 2025 · The English ballet master John Weaver, writing in 1721, argued on the other hand that “Dancing is an elegant, and regular movement, harmoniously composed of beautiful …