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A timeline of the history of ballet: 14th century Medieval dance; 15th century; 16th century Renaissance dance; Ballet de cour; Intermedio - Italian court spectaculars with dance; Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet" 17th century French ballet; Comédie-ballet; 18th century Baroque dance; Opéra-ballet; Ballet d ...
Italian ballet techniques remained the dominant influence in much of southern and eastern Europe until Russian techniques supplanted them in the early 20th century. Ballet performances spread to Eastern Europe during the 18th century, into areas such as Hungary, where they were held in private theatres at aristocratic castles.
Scene from Les Sylphides. The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer (or the composer whose music the ballet is set to) and the year of the first performance.
18th-century ballet dancers (11 C, 1 P) P. 18th-century ballet premieres (7 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 2 June 2024, at 20:16 (UTC). Text is available under ...
During the 18th century, stage costumes were still very similar to court wear but progressed over time, mostly due to the French dancer and ballet-master Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810) whose proposals to modernize ballet are contained in his revolutionary Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (1760). Noverre's book altered the emphasis in a ...
Ballet by century (8 C) R. Royal Swedish Ballet (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "History of ballet" ... Ballet Guild; Ballet Society; Timeline of ballet; Ballets Russes;
Ballet d'action is a hybrid genre of expressive and symbolic ballet that emerged during the 18th century. One of its chief aims was to liberate the conveyance of a story via spoken or sung words, relying simply on quality of movement to communicate actions, motives, and emotions.
The Romantic ballet is defined primarily by an era in ballet in which the ideas of Romanticism in art and literature influenced the creation of ballets. The era occurred during the early to mid 19th century primarily at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet and Her Majesty's Theatre in London.