Opera ballet

Opera Ballet (ballets de cour) is the name given to ballets performed in the 17th century that occurred within an Opera. Jean-Baptiste Lully is considered the most important composer music for Opera Ballet and instrumental to the development of the form. During his employment by Louis XIV as director of the Academie Royale de Music he worked with Pierre Beauchamp, Molière, Philippe Quinault and Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, (the first professional female dancer and Premiere danseuse of the Paris Opera) to develop ballet as an art form equal to that of the accompanying music.

See also

• History of ballet
• Ballet timeline