Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872.

Ballet is a specific academic dance form and technique which is taught in ballet schools according to specific methods. Works of dance choreographed using this technique are called ballets, and usually include dance, mime, acting, and music (usually orchestral and occasionally sung). Ballet is best known for its unique features and techniques, such as pointe work, turn-out of the legs, and high extensions; its graceful,flowing, precise movements; and its ethereal qualities. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2536x1841, 458 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ballet ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2536x1841, 458 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ballet ... Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (IPA ), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, and drawing. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Ballet technique is the method by which ballet steps are performed or taught. ... Choreography (literally dance-writing, also known as dance composition), is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... This article is about Mime as an art form. ... Acting is the work of an actor or actress, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Ballet as musical form is a musical composition intended for ballet performance. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... Harry Belafonte singing, photograph by C. van Vechten Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... First position of the feet turned out In ballet, turnout (also turn-out) is a rotation of the leg which comes from the hips, causing the knee and foot to turn outward, away from the center of the body. ...

History of ballet

Theatre in ancient Greece.

While the idea of dance exists throughout history, traditions of narrative dance evolved in China, India, Indonesia and Ancient Greece. Theatrical dance was well-established in the wider arena of ancient Greek theatre. When the Roman Empire conquered Greece, it assimilated the Greek art and culture, dance along with it.^[1] However, while dance continued to be important throughout the Middle Ages, albeit suppressed by the Church, ballet did not emerge until the late 1500s in Italy. Although Italy began the ballet tradition, it was the French that cemented it. Incorporating some aspects of Italian ballet, French ballet gained prominence in France and eventually international influence. To this day, the brunt of ballet vocabulary originates from French. Image File history File links DionysiusTheater. ... Image File history File links DionysiusTheater. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years. ... The Dionysos Theater in Athens built into the Akropolis, ~3rd century BC The Greek theatre or Greek drama is a theatrical tradition that flourished in ancient Greece between c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The decade of years from 1500 to 1509, inclusive. ...

While France was instrumental in early ballet, other countries and cultures soon adopted the art form. The most notable of these was Russia, and Russian ballet has had great importance in its country and established a well-recognized tradition of ballet. In the last century, the United States also developed its own traditions, most notably with choreographer George Balanchine. Although interest in dance has expanded with time to include modern dance, jazz, flamenco and other forms, ballet is still performed and taught. Russian ballet is a method of ballet technique that originated in Russia. ... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ...

The etymology of the word "ballet" corresponds to the art form's development. The word ballet comes from French and was borrowed into English around the 17th century. The French word in turn has its origins in Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo (dance). Ballet ultimately traces back to Latin ballere, meaning to dance.^[2] Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

Origins

Ballet originated in the Renaissance court as an outgrowth of court pageantry in Italy,^[3][4] Aristocratic weddings were lavish celebrations and court musicians and dancers collaborated to provide elaborate entertainment.^[5]. Ballet was further shaped by the French ballet de cour, which consisted of social dances performed by the nobility in tandem with music, speech, verse, song, pageant, decor and costume.^[6] When Catherine de Medici, an Italian aristocrat with an interest in the arts, married a French duke she brought her enthusiasm for dance to France and provided financial support. Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Catherine de Medici (April 13, 1519–January 5, 1589), born in Italy as Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici, and later queen of France under the French name Catherine de M dicis, was the wife of King Henry II of France, of the Valois branch of the kings...

A ballet of the Renaissance would look nothing like a performance of Giselle or Swan Lake at the Bolshoi. Tutus, ballet slippers and pointe work was unheard of. The choreography was adapted from court dance steps. Performers dressed in fashions of the times. For women that meant formal gowns that covered their legs to the ankle.^[7] Early ballet was participatory, with the audience joining the dance towards the end.

Italy

Engraving of the first scene of the Ballet Comique de la Reine. Click to enlarge.

Domenico da Piacenza was one of the first dancing masters. Along with his students, Antonio Cornazano and Guglielmo Ebreo, he was trained in dance and responsible for teaching nobles the art. Da Piacenza left one work: De arte saltandi et choreus ducendi (On the art of dancing and conducting dances), which was put together by his students.^[8] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1457x2014, 198 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Ballet ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1457x2014, 198 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Ballet ... The Ballet Comique de la Reine was a court entertainment, now considered to be the first ballet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1457x2014, 198 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Ballet ... Domenico da Piacenza (1390-1470), was an Italian dancemaster. ...

The most important early ballet, if not the first, produced and shown was Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx's Ballet Comique de la Reine (1581) and was a ballet comique (ballet drama).^[9] In the same year, the publication of Fabritio Caroso's Il Ballarino, a technical manual on court dancing, both performance and social, helped to establish Italy as a centre of technical ballet development.^[10] Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx (d. ... The Ballet Comique de la Reine was a court entertainment, now considered to be the first ballet. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta was a famous Italian Renaissance dancing master. ...

France

Ballet developed as a separate, performance-focused art form in France during the reign of Louis XIV, who was passionate about dance and determined to reverse a decline in dance standards that began in the 17th century. King Louis XIV established the Académie Royale de la Danse (which is now the Paris Opera Ballet) in 1661.^[11] The earliest references to the five core positions of ballet appear in the writings of Pierre Beauchamp, a court dancer and choreographer.^[12] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The Paris Opera Ballet is the ballet company of the Paris Opera. ... 1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Pierre Beauchamp (also Beauchamps, sometimes mistakenly called Charles-Louis Beauchamp) (1631–1705) was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation. ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian composer serving in the French court, played a significant role in establishing the general direction in which ballet would follow for the next century. Supported and admired by King Louis XIV, Lully often cast the king in his ballets. The title of Sun King, by which the French monarch is still referred to today, originated from Louis XIV's role in Lully's Ballet de la Nuit (1653).^[13] Lully's main contribution to ballet was his nuanced compositions: his understanding of movement and dance allowed him to compose specifically for ballet, with musical phrasings which complemented physical movements.^[14] Lully also went on to collaborate with the French playwright Molière. Together, they took an Italian theater style, the commedia dell'arte, and adapted it into their work for a French audience, creating the comédie-ballet. Among their greatest productions was Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670).^[15] Later in life, Lully became the first director of the Académie Royale de Musique after its scope was expanded to include dance.^[16] Jean-Baptiste Lully brought together Italian and French ballet, creating a legacy which would define the future of ballet. Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli (November 28, 1632–March 22, 1687), was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is a comédie-ballet in 5 acts by Molière, first presented October 14, 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the château of Chambord by Molières troup of actors. ...

The first ballet school was in France, and the terminology was crystallized there. Nearly everything in ballet is described by a French word or phrase. (You even wish dancers good luck in French. Actors wish one another good luck before a performance by saying, "Break a leg!" Dancers say, "Merde!") The drawback of this is that ballerinas must learn the French names for the steps and movements; the advantage is that they can take a ballet class anywhere in the world and, no matter how unintelligible the rest of the talk is, the terminology will still be in French and therefore understood.^[17]

Development as an art form

The 18th century was a period of vast advancement in the technical standards of ballet and the period when ballet became a serious dramatic art form on par with the opera. Central to this advance was the seminal work of Jean-Georges Noverre, Lettres sur la danse et les ballets (1760), which focused on developing the ballet d'action, in which the movements of the dancers are designed to express character and assist in the narrative. At this time, women played a secondary role as dancers, encumbered as they were with hoops, corsets, wigs and high heels. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Jean-Georges Noverre (April 29, 1727–November 19, 1810) was a French dancer and ballet master, and is considered to be the creator of modern ballet. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ballet daction is a modern ballet movement started by French choreographer Jean Georges Noverre in 1760. ...

Marie Taglioni, a pioneer of pointework.

Reforms were made in ballet composition by composers such as Christoph Gluck. Finally, ballet was divided into three formal techniques sérieux, demi-caractère and comique. Ballet also began to be featured in operas as interludes called divertissements. Image File history File links Marie-taglioni-in-zephire. ... Image File history File links Marie-taglioni-in-zephire. ... Marie Taglioni, in a colored lithograph, circa 1831 (Victoria & Albert Museum). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Christoph Willibald Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787) was a German composer. ...

The 19th century was a period of great social change, which was reflected in ballet by a shift away from the aristocratic sensibilities that had dominated earlier periods through romantic ballet. Ballerinas such as Marie Taglioni and Fanny Elssler pioneered new techniques such as pointework that rocketed the ballerina into prominence as the ideal stage figure, professional librettists began crafting the stories in ballets, and teachers like Carlo Blasis codified ballet technique in the basic form that is still used today. The ballet slipper was invented to support toe work. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pas de Quatre: Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Lucile Grahn and Fanny Cerito The Romantic period in ballet occurred in the early to mid 1800s, and roughly corresponds to Romanticism movements in art and literature. ... Marie Taglioni, in a colored lithograph, circa 1831 (Victoria & Albert Museum). ... Fanny Essler (23 June 1810, Vienna-27 November 1884) was an Austrian dancer. ... Pointework is a certain shoe that female ballerinas use to be able to dance on their toes. ... Carlo Blasis Carlo Blasis (4 November 1797, Naples - 15 January 1878, Cernobbio) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician. ...

Romanticism was a reaction against formal constraints and also of industrialization with the introduction of complex machinary and factories.^[18] The zeitgeist led choreographers to compose romantic ballets that were light, airy and fae that would act as a contrast to the reductionist science that had, in the words of Poe, "driven the hamadryad from the woods". These "unreal" ballets portrayed women as fragile unearthly beings, delicate creatures who could be lifted effortlessly. Ballerinas began to wear romantic tutus, with pastel, flowing skirts that bared the shins. The stories revolved around uncanny, folkloric spirits. An example of one such romantic ballet is "La Sylphide",one of the oldest romantic ballets still danced today.

Ballet in the late nineteenth and twentieth century

Mikhail Mordkin as Prince Siegfried and Adelaide Giuri as Odette with students as the little swans in the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre's production of the Petipa/Ivanov/Tchaikovsky Swan Lake. 1901

After 1850, ballet began to wane in Paris and concentrate in Denmark and, most notably, Russia thanks to masters such as August Bournonville, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa. In the late nineteenth century, orientalism was in vogue. Colonialism brought awareness of Asian and African cultures, but distorted with disinformation and fantasy. The East was often perceived as a faraway place where anything was possible, provided it was lavish, exotic and decadent. Petipa appealed to popular taste with Pharoahs Daughter and later The Talisman and La Bayadère. Petipa is best remembered for his collaborations with Tchaicovsky where he choreographed Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite and Sleeping Beauty all drawn from western folklore. The classic tutu began to appear at this time. It consisted of a short skirt supported by layers of crinoline that revealed the acrobatic legwork. At times the classic tutu revealed more than the audience cared to see and it became customary to wear a leotard as an undergarment.^[19][20] Image File history File links Swan_Lake_-Mikhail_Mordkin_as_Siegfried_with_unidentified_dancers_-Moscow_-1901. ... Image File history File links Swan_Lake_-Mikhail_Mordkin_as_Siegfried_with_unidentified_dancers_-Moscow_-1901. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August Bournonville (August 21, 1805–November 30, 1879) was a ballet master and French ballet master, Antoine Bournonville, who had settled in Denmark. ... Jules-Joseph Perrot (born August 18, 1810 in Lyon, France; died August 18, 1892 in Paramé) was a dancer and choreographer who created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century. ... Marius Petipa, Circa 1890 Marius Petipa (11 March 1818 – 14 July 1910) - Unrivaled ballet master of the Tsars Imperial Ballet of St. ... For Orientalist Architecture, see Moorish Revival. ... The Talisman is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. ... La Bayadére is a ballet, originally in 4 Acts and 7 scenes with apotheosis, choreographed by the Balletmaster Marius Petipa to music by Lèon Minkus. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij;  ) (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Nutcracker Suite consists of both an adaptation for acoustic guitar of Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker and the Balkan Dreams Suite, a suite of songs based on melodies and ideas of Bela Bartok. ... Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted The Sleeping Beauty. ... An image of Jules Léotard in the garment that bears his name A leotard is a skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso and body but leaves the legs free. ...

Segei Diaghilev brought ballet full-circle back to Paris when he opened his company, Ballet Russe. He and composer Igor Stravinsky combined their talents to bring Russian folklore to life in Firebird and Petrushka. The most controversial work of the Ballet Russe was Rite of Spring. Many associate Rite of Spring with the lovely time-delayed sequences of growing flowers in Fantasia but the ballet shocked audeinces with its theme of human sacrifice. Léon Bakst: Firebird, Ballerina, 1910 The Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and resident first in Théâtre Mogador, Paris; and then in Monte Carlo. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer who first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed by Diaghilevs Ballets Russes (Russian Ballet): LOiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1910), Petrushka (1911... Firebird and fire bird may refer to: The Firebird, a ballet by Igor Stravinsky Firebird (Russian folklore), a mythical ember bird of Russian fairy tales Fire bird (mythology), other mythical birds associated with fire Firebird (ornithology), bird species with brilliant red or orange plumage Firebird (database server), a database management... Pétrouchka (English: Petrushka; Russian: петрушка) is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. ... The Rite of Spring is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. ... Look up Fantasia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Fantasia may refer to one of several things. ...

Russian companies, particularly after World War II engaged in multiple tours all over the world that revitalized ballet in the west and made it a form of entertainment embraced by the general public. Balanchine brought state of the art technique to America by opening a school in Chicago and later in New York. He adapted ballet to the new media, movies and television. ^[21] Today, ballet is one of the most well-preserved dances in the world. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837  - Mayor... NY redirects here. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...

Barbara Karinska was an Russian emigree and a skilled seamstress who collaborated with Balanchine to elevate the art of costume design from a secondary role to an integral part of a ballet performance. She introduced the bias cut and a simplified classic tutu that allowed the dancer more freedom of movement. With meticulous attention to detail, she decorated her tutus with beadwork, embroidery, crochet and applique.

Technique

Dancers appear delicate and airy when dancing en pointe, a unique feature of the ballet form of dance.

Ballet, especially classical ballet, puts great emphasis on the method and execution of movement^[22]. A distintive feature of ballet is the outward rotation of the thighs from the hip. The foundation of the dance consists of five basic positions, all performed with the turnout. Young dancers receive a rigorous education in their school's method of dance, which begins when they are young and ends with graduation from high school. Students are required to learn the names, meanings, and precise technique of each movement they learn. Emphasis is put on building strength mostly in the lower body, particulary the legs, and the core (also called your center or stomach) as a strong core is necessary for many movements in ballet, especially turns , and on developing flexibility,strong feet for going en pointe and the ability to do splits. Image File history File links MayaPlisetskaya. ... Image File history File links MayaPlisetskaya. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Classical ballet is a dance to classical music. ... Valerie Harper does a split on The Muppets A split is a gymnastic and dance move in which one makes their legs parallel to one another, but perpendicular to their body. ...

Some methods use Ballet Examinations (such as Royal Academy of Dance Or RAD), to grade students on their dance technique. Sometimes, students take written tests on the theory taught in class. In education, certification, counseling, and many other fields, a test or an exam (short for examination) is a tool or technique intended to measure students expression of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. ...

Methods

Ballet techniques are generally grouped by the area in which they originated, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, Danish ballet, Italian ballet, and American ballet. Ballet technique is the method by which ballet steps are performed or taught. ... Russian ballet is a method of ballet technique that originated in Russia. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Arguably a melting pot of influences from other schools of ballet, major US companies such as ABT and SFB hire soloists from all around the world, performances by these companies encompass a wide range of styles. ...

Specific methods are named after the ballet master or mistress who originated them, such as the Vaganova method after Agrippina Vaganova, the Balanchine method after George Balanchine, and the Cecchetti method after Enrico Cecchetti. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Vaganova as Odette-Odile, 1900es Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova (July 6, 1879 - November 5, 1951) was an outstanding Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method. ... The Balanchine method is a technique that famous choreographer George Balanchine wanted his dancers to use, found at New York City Ballet initially, though the way they dance now is very far removed from the original. ... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... The Cecchetti method of ballet instruction was created by Enrico Cecchetti (1850-1928). ... Enrico Cecchetti (born: 21 June 1850, Rome - died: 13 November 1928, Milan) was an Italian ballet dancer, founder of the Cecchetti method. ...

Illusion of flight in ballet

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To perform the more demanding routines, a ballet dancer must appear to defy gravity while working within its constraints. Basic physics and the science of human perception provide insight into how this is accomplished. Image File history File links Circle-question. ...

For example, during the grand jeté, the dancer may appear to hover. Physically, his/her center of mass describes a parabola, as does a ball, when thrown (or, indeed, any object when in flight and acted upon by only the gravitational force alone). However, advantage is taken of the limitation in the human ability to calculate center of mass when a projectile changes its configuration in flight. When leaping, the dancer extends the arms and legs and lowers the head relative to the body. The manoeuvre camouflages the fall and leads the audience to perceive the dancer is floating.^[23][24][25] A Pas de Chat (step of the cat) creates a similar illusion. The dancer starts from a plié, then during the ascending phase of the step, successively lifts and rotates each shin outward with hips turned out,as all steps in ballet must be unless dancing character(ethnic) steps or freemovement. For a moment, the dancer appears suspended in air. In physics, the center of mass of a system of particles is a specific point at which, for many purposes, the systems mass behaves as if it were concentrated. ... For other uses, see Parabola (disambiguation). ... Isaac Newtons theory of universal gravitation states the following: Every single point mass attracts every other point mass by a force heading along the line combining the two. ...

The fall must be performed carefully. The laws of physics decree that momentum must be dissipated but a crash landing would destroy the impression of airiness and likely injure the dancer. Part of the solution is a floor designed to absorb shock. The dancer also bends at the knees and rolls the foot from toe to heel. For artistic as well as safety reasons this technique must be taught by a qualified instructor.^{[26] [27][28]}

Depending on where the dancer places his or her arms and legs, the dancer can make them look longer or shorter depending on their preference. By placing them farther behind the body it creates the illusion of shorter arms or legs, and by moving them forward, longer.

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References

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