Ballet

Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. Dance works choreographed using this technique are called ballets and may include: dance, mime, acting, and music (orchestral and sung). Ballets can be performed alone or as part of an opera. Ballet is best known for its virtuoso techniques such as pointe work, grand pas de deux and high leg extensions. Many Ballet techniques bear a striking similarity to fencing positions and footwork, perhaps due to their development during the same periods of history.

Ballet production

Ballets

Seminal (important) ballets include:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• La Sylphide
• Les Sylphides
• Giselle
• Sleeping Beauty
• Swan Lake
• The Nutcracker
• L'après-midi d'un faune
• The Firebird
• Petrushka
• Le Sacre du Printemps
• Pulcinella
• Romeo and Juliet
• Cinderella
• Coppélia
• Sylvia

Ballet companies

A Ballet company is a group of dancers who perform ballets. Famous ballet companies include:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• American Ballet Theatre
• Australian Ballet
• Ballets Russes
• Bolshoi Ballet
• Cuban National Ballet
• Dance Theatre of Harlem
• English National Ballet
• Joffrey Ballet
• Kirov Ballet
• Lyon Opera Ballet
• Mariinsky Ballet (also know as the Kirov Ballet)
• Marseille Opera Ballet
• Miami City Ballet
• The National Ballet of Canada
• New York City Ballet
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Paris Opera Ballet
• The Royal Ballet
• San Francisco Ballet
• Shanghai Ballet Company

Artists

Seminal artists involved with ballets include:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Directors

Jean Dauberval, Sergei Diaghilev, Robert Joffrey, Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Catherine De Medici, Marie Rambert, Ninette de Valois

Related Topics:
Jean Dauberval - Sergei Diaghilev - Robert Joffrey - Louis XIV - Jean-Baptiste Lully - Catherine De Medici - Marie Rambert - Ninette de Valois

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Choreographers

Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Pierre Beauchamp, Erik Bruhn, Peter Darrell, Mikhail Fokine, Yury Grigorovich, Lev Ivanovich Ivanov, Serge Lifar, Kenneth MacMillan, Leonide Massine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska, Jean-Georges Noverre, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Filippo Taglioni, Anthony Tudor, Rudolf Nureyev

Related Topics:
Sir Frederick Ashton - George Balanchine - Pierre Beauchamp - Erik Bruhn - Peter Darrell - Mikhail Fokine - Yury Grigorovich - Lev Ivanovich Ivanov - Serge Lifar - Kenneth MacMillan - Leonide Massine - Vaslav Nijinsky - Bronislava Nijinska - Jean-Georges Noverre - Jules Perrot - Marius Petipa - Jerome Robbins - Filippo Taglioni - Anthony Tudor - Rudolf Nureyev

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Dancers

Briely Movric,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Jeremie Belingard,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Jean-Pierre Bonnefous,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Erik Bruhn,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Darcey Bussell,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Jose Manuel Carreno,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Fanny Cerito,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Vakhtang Chabukiani,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Alina Cojocaru,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Angel Corella,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Anton Dolin,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Aurelie Dupont,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Fanny Elssler,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Suzanne Farrell,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Margot Fonteyn,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Yekaterina Geltzer,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Adeline Genée,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Pavel Gerdt,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Marcelo Gomes,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Lucile Grahn,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Carlotta Grisi,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Sylvie Guillem,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Melissa Hayden,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Laurent Hilaire,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Charles Jude,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Karen Kain,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Mathilde Kschessinska,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Johann Kobborg,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Johann Kobborg,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Pierina Legnani,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Manuel Legris,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Nicolas Leriche,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Agnes Letestu,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Joaquin de Luz,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Alicia Markova,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Jose Martinez,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Elisabeth Maurin,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Patricia McBride,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Vaslav Nijinsky,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Rudolf Nureyev,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Anna Pavlova,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Elisabeth Platel,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Maya Plisetskaya,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Olga Preobrajenska,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Laetitia Pujol,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Rolando Sarabia,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Yuri Soloviev,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Ethan Stiefel,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Marie Taglioni,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Maria Tallchief,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Ludmilla Tchérina,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Emmanuel Thibault,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Mel Tomlinson,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Galina Ulanova,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Auguste Vestris,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Gaetan Vestris,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Svetlana Zakharova,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Michael Vester,

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Teachers

Agrippina Vaganova, Enrico Cecchetti, Pierre Beauchamp, Thoinot Arbeau, Carlo Blasis, August Bournonville, Raoul-Auger Feuillet, Nicolai Legat, Domenico da Piacenza, Pierre Rameau, Attilio Labis, Cyril Atanassoff, Vera Volkova, Olga Preobrajenska, Elisabeth Gerdt, Sulamith Messerer

Related Topics:
Agrippina Vaganova - Enrico Cecchetti - Pierre Beauchamp - Thoinot Arbeau - Carlo Blasis - August Bournonville - Raoul-Auger Feuillet - Nicolai Legat - Domenico da Piacenza - Pierre Rameau - Attilio Labis - Cyril Atanassoff - Vera Volkova - Olga Preobrajenska - Elisabeth Gerdt - Sulamith Messerer

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Composers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jacques Offenbach, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Léo Delibes, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Alexander Glazunov, Reinhold Glière

Related Topics:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Jacques Offenbach - Igor Stravinsky - Sergei Prokofiev - Léo Delibes - Claude Debussy - Maurice Ravel - Alexander Glazunov - Reinhold Glière

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Designers and scenographers

Léon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Christian Bérard, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, John Craxton, Salvador Dalí, André Derain, Barbara Karinska, Barry Kay, Pablo Picasso, Pavel Tchelitchev, Maurice Utrillo

Related Topics:
Léon Bakst - Alexandre Benois - Christian Bérard - Georges Braque - Marc Chagall - John Craxton - Salvador Dalí - André Derain - Barbara Karinska - Barry Kay - Pablo Picasso - Pavel Tchelitchev - Maurice Utrillo

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

See also: Dance personalia

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~