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1400
Origin
Ballet is a dance whose origins are in the italian Renaissance.The ballet spread from Italy to France with the help of Catherine de’ Medici.Literature and music used in ballet had intended to entertain mainly to the aristocrats of the time. -
1450
First choreographer
Domenico Da Piacenza is considered the first choreographer in history.This master established a series of basic elements that constitute the dance,as well as some fundamentar steps in his treatise De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi -
1489
Ballet for a wedding
Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, he married Isabel of Aragon. For the wedding there was an elaborate dance piece choreographed by the Italian master Bergonzio di Botta. The dances were linked to the narrative of Jason and Argonauts, each dance corresponded to different dish of the wedding, dinner was held an elaborate dance piece choreographed by the Italian master Bergonzio di Botta. Tristano Calco from Milan wrote about the event, and considered it an impressive show. -
1573
The first ballet piece
First staging was carried out of the first cut ballet piece, whose name was ¨Ballet des Polonais¨.This piece was brought on stage by Catherine de’ Medici. -
1581
Queen's Comic Ballet
Balthasar Beaujoyeulx is the author of ballet Comique de la Reine.This lavish show of several hours ,combined poetry,dance and music -
Treaty L’Orchesographie
Thoinot Arbeau published a treaty entitled L’Orchesographie in which different styles of dances are described,their steps,postures,movement recommendations,the relationship between dance and music and the study of their choreographic geometry -
Positions
Pierre Beauchamp, created the 5 positions of feet and the positions of the arms in ballet. He was the king's personal dance teacher and his favorite partner in the Ballet de cour -
The first professional company
Louis XIV of France founded the Académie Royale de Musique in the Paris opera,where the first professional company started: the Ballet of Opera of Paris. -
Romanticism
These dances “unreals” portrayed women as supernatural beings with extreme fragility, that could be lifted without effort and almost seemed as if they were floating in the air.They dancers started wearing pastel colored costumes with skirts that reached to the ankles. -
The russian ballet
The russian ballet has its origin by a famous ballet company created by the Russian businessman Serguéi Diáguilev with the best members of the Imperial Ballet of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg. -
Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is the first ballet company in the UK and one of the most important in the world. Was founded by Dame Ninette de Valois dancer and choreographer -
George Balanchine
George Balanchine developed one of the best techniques in America when he opened the school in Chicago, and in New York. He adapted the ballet to the new media, film and television. With this great technique, Balanchine performed a new choreography of classics such as “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping Beauty”, as well as creating new ballets. He produced original interpretations of William Shakespeare's dramas such as: "Romeo and Juliet," "The Merry Widow" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." -
Tip of the feet
Marie Taglioni Taglioni surprised the public by dancing on stage for the first time. Her shoes were sewn on the sides but the toe of her was open as if she weren't wearing shoes. -
Elisa Carrillo Cabrera
Elisa Carrillo Cabrera is the first mexican to become prima ballerina of Staatsballett, Berlin, one of the most important ballet companies in Europe and the world.
