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A scene from Il Ballo del Doge. Il Ballo del Doge ("The Doge’s Ball") is a Venetian masquerade ball, one of the many events held annually during the Carnival of Venice.The ball itself is held in the 15th-century Venetian palace of Palazzo Pisani Moretta, situated on the Grand Canal in Venice.
A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.
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To celebrate his 80th birthday, he shared his passion for Italy with friends at an extravagant masquerade ball in a historic palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal last month. His guests were outfitted ...
The ball was founded in 1997 by Shawn Strider and was chiefly inspired by the masquerade scene in Labyrinth as well as the Venetian tradition of masquerade balls. [4] [8] Strider created the event as he wished to experience a masquerade in the style of 1980s fantasy films, namely Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal and Legend.
The Bal du Rat mort ("Ball of the Dead Rat") [1] is an annual masquerade ball held in Ostend, Belgium in the Kursaal, Ostend casino. [2] The event was first held in 1898. [ 3 ]
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The annual celebration begins with a Cleopatra pre-parade and ends with the post-parade, Cleo Jubilee. In between the pre and post-parade events, the parade travels down the Uptown parade route on St. Charles Avenue. Other Krewe of Cleopatra events during the year include a Rendezvous Ball in January, as well as a Masquerade Gala in September.