https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn Sources: https://www.pbt.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@dancersfeed8755 en-us 2023-02-27 12:43:42 UTC 2023-03-02 12:57:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f483.png 3054376 https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496295525 This is the time where ballet first appeared.
At this time ballet was entertainment during special events and was just something to make a spectacle or to liven up a party/celebration. There were no 'special' people doing ballet at the time. There where specific plays one example is the Ballet Comique de la Reine which happened around 1581 the ballet was about the ancient Greek myth of Circe, who had the magical power to turn men into beasts and the play last about 5 1/2 hours.]]> 2023-02-27 12:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496295525 3054376 https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496303462 This is the part of the Renaissance period where ballet got popularized and more people enjoyed it. Important people also started doing ballet one important ballerina was King Louis XIV who helped popularize ballet. In 1661 (17th century) the first ballet academy Académie Royale de Danse was opened and ballet moved from the court to the stage in a ballet-opera style of ballet but Jean Georges Noverre didn't like that idea and said that ballet can stand on it's own as an art creating a new dramatic type of ballet called ballet d'action.]]> 2023-02-27 13:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496303462 3054376 https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496325355 This period is where a lot the classic ballets we see today originated (Ex: Marius Petipa’s The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake,) these classic ballets are what represent classical ballet today. during this period more important ballet dancers appeared such as Marius Petipa who danced ballet and made the ballet "The Nutcracker" he is also considered the best ballet dancer of his time.]]> 2023-02-27 13:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2496325355 3054376 https://padlet.com/3054376/c2v6pdefocl8q3xn/wish/2499508878 This is when ballet Russian choreographers Sergei Diaghilev and Michel Fokine began to experiment with movement and costume they started moving beyond the confines of classical ballet which gave us some of the modern ballet we see today but  Choreographer and New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine, a Russian who emigrated to America, would change ballet even further. He introduced what is now known as neo-classical ballet, an expansion on the classical form. but in the future Choreographers will continue to create diverse styles of ballets, and ballet companies are giving dance audiences a wide range of experiences in the theater.

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