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Why was this dance important to the people that performed it 

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Why was this dance important to the people that performed it 

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Ballet is not necessarily connected to a specific culture but it does have important benefits to the people that learn it. Ballet class can have a lot of benefits: It can improves your posture, strength, flexibility, and musicality. It tends to be the foundation of every dance style. And Ballet makes you a better dancer.

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Types of music used to perform this dance

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Types of music used to perform this dance

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The music tends to depend on the ballet. Many classical ballet works are performed with a classical musical accompaniment. When ballet was coming into its own as a dance medium, throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the music was a background element.

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Type of music used to perform this dance part 2

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Type of music used to perform this dance part 2

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It took a long time for the music to be considered anything close to equal to the dance on stage, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake was a game changer for ballet music, it was the first time an exclusively symphonic composer had composed a score for ballet, and that wasn't until 1876. Before that, composers had to be specialists when it came to ballet, and were often seen as far less important than their more symphonic peers.

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When ballet was first started it was mostly used to entertain nobles and aristocrats but over time it slowly transitioned from  court entertainment to theater. It was then used as a form of storytelling and music and became more available to people of all classes.

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https://padlet.com/lolamontgomery/i64c9cxa58it7fpr

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The Nutcracker suite

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In his role as master of the academy he appointed a professional dance Pierre Beauchamp. Pierre then collaborated with Jean-Baptiste Leau ( director of the royal Music Academy) and Moliere (a famous playwright) to then establish ballet as a grand spectacle. In 1669 a separate ballet company was founded, The Paris Opera Ballet, which survives today as the oldest ballet company in the world. Ballet eventually moved away from the royal court and shifted to theater. And though over the next century influence of ballet in France would decline, other country such as Russia would play a big role in its further development.
If you would like to learn more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEekFTj5PvU

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From the seventeenth century onward, silks, satins, and fabrics embroidered with real gold and precious stones increased the level of spectacular decoration associated with ballet costumes. Then from the early nineteenth century, a more Roman style were reflected in female stage costumes through the introduction of close-fitting bodices, floral crowns, corsages, and pearls on fabrics, as well as necklace and bracelets, more classical style still dominated the design of male costumes. The ballerina as star dancer became more important and was emphasized with tight-fitting corsets, bejeweled bodices, and opulent headdresses. At the turn of the twentieth century, ballet costumes reformed again under the more liberal influence of the Russian choreographer Michel Fokine. Ballerina skirts changed gradually to become knee-length tutus designed to show off the point work and multiple turns, which formed the focus of dance practice.  Nowadays ballet dancers perform in various costumes, which can still include more traditional ones.

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Ballet originated in renaissance italy and was used as a form of social dance and coregraphic display at arsiocat gatherings.  The word "ballet" is derived from the italian word balletto and means little dance. Ballet was brought to france in the 16th century by Catherine de' Medici who was the italian wife of king Henry II. As celebrations became more grand and lavish so did the dance, it started using more elaborate steps and using storytelling elements to provide a theme. Eventually the focus shifted to performance and started things such as professional sets, raised platforms as a stage and curtains on the side. In the 17th  Louis XIV was the one to refine ballet in to the art we have today by founding the Royal Academy Of Dance in 1661 shifted ballet from local guilds to the royal court.

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The costumes for ballet have changed over the years. In the renaissance period the costumes were made for splendor in court and they reflected that, the costumes were usually made from cotton and silk. From the beginning of the sixteenth century, public theaters were being built in Venice (1637), Rome (1652), ect Ballet spectacles were combined in these venues with processional festivities and masquerades, as stage costumes became highly decorated and made from expensive materials. The basic costume for a male dancer was a tight-fitting, often brocaded cuirass, a short draped skirt and feather-decorated helmets. Female dancers wore opulently embroidered silk tunics in several layers with fringes. Important components of the ballet dress were tightly laced, high-heeled and wedged boots for both dancers. From 1550, classical Roman dress had a strong influence on costume design: silk skirts were voluminous; positioning of necklines and waistlines and the design of hairstyles were based on the components of everyday dress, although on the stage key details were often exaggerated and male dancers' dresses were influenced by Roman armor.

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https://www.britannica.com/art/ballet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet

https://fashion-history.lovetoknow.com/clothing-types-styles/ballet-costume