ballet

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A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story
A classical form of dance
{n} an historical dance
A ballet is an artistic work that is performed by ballet dancers. The performance will include the premiere of three new ballets. Theatrical dance in which a formal academic technique (the danse d'école) is combined with music, costume, and stage scenery. Developed from court productions of the Renaissance, ballet was renewed under Louis XIV, who in 1661 established France's Académie Royale de Danse, where Pierre Beauchamp developed the five ballet positions. Early ballets were often accompanied by singing and incorporated into opera-ballets by composers such as Jean-Baptiste Lully. In the 18th century Jean-Georges Noverre and Gasparo Angiolini separately developed the dramatic ballet (ballet d'action) to tell a story through dance steps and mime, a reform echoed in Christoph Willibald Gluck's music. Significant developments in the early 19th century included pointe work (balance on the extreme tip of the toe) and the emergence of the prima ballerina, exemplified by Marie Taglioni and Fanny Elssler. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Russia became the centre of ballet production and performance, through the work of innovators such as Sergey Diaghilev, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marius Petipa, and Michel Fokine; great ballets were composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Igor Stravinsky. Since then, ballet schools in Great Britain and the U.S. have elevated ballet in those countries to Russia's level and greatly increased its audience. See also American Ballet Theatre; Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; Ballets Russes; Bolshoi Ballet; New York City Ballet; Royal Ballet. American Ballet Theatre Australian Ballet ballet position Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Bolshoi Ballet New York City Ballet Royal Ballet Ballets Russes
The former name for acro
The company of persons who perform the ballet
The most prominent variety of theatrical dance, with origins in Renaissance Europe Ballets reached a peak of popularity in the nineteenth century, with music by composers such as Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky
a dance form that tells a story through the use of music and dance Its origins date back to the French court of the sixteenth century
music written for a ballet
Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing
A theatrical dance form with a story, sets, and music
{i} style of dance performed by a group of dancers
A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc
A dance performance, often involving a narrative or plot sequence, usually accompanied by music
Well, ballet is ballet what should I say about it?? Mm I guess I should say clasical ballet, cause that's when orchestra comes in Classical ballet had orchestra to acoompany and be the music back groud The orchestra, in order not to be in the way so people can't see the dnacers, they hide under the stage, but the conductor gets to stand high so he can c if there is any dancer falls down and need to slow the music down Famous ones are: "Swan" and "Nut Cracker"
A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers
theatrical dancing as a part of musical entertainment; stemmed from Renaissance festivals
a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers music written for a ballet
a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers
according to Furetière's dictionary, the dancers in the XVIIth century ballets wore masks Ballet s m Harmonious Representation, & imitative and organized dance performed by several masked persons who figure, by their steps & gestures, some natural thing, or action, or imitate some persons A Ballet consists of several entries Ballet verses are composed to explain the character or the gestures made by the dancers
Ballet is a type of very skilled and artistic dancing with carefully planned movements. I trained as a ballet dancer She is also keen on the ballet
according to color
An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women
A dance form featuring a staged presentation of group or solo dancing with music, costumes, and scenery
ballet dad
A man with school-age children, most likely girls, especially one who spends time transporting them between after school activities
ballet music
Music composed primarily to accompany a ballet performance
ballet flats
Ballet flats are derived from a woman's soft ballet slipper, with a very thin heel or the appearance of no heel at all. The style usually features a ribbon-like binding around the low tops of the slipper and may have a slight gathering at the top-front of the vamp (toe box) and a tiny, decorative string tie. Ballet slippers can be adjusted and tightened to the wearer's foot by means of this string tie
Ballet Rambert
Rambert Dance Company, the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Ballet company formed in Monte Carlo in 1932. The name derived from Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which dissolved after his death in 1929. Under René Blum and Col. W. de Basil, the company presented works by Léonide Massine and George Balanchine and featured Alexandra Danilova, André Eglevsky, and David Lichine. In 1938 clashes split the company into two groups: the Original Ballet Russe (led by de Basil), which toured internationally before dissolving in 1948; and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (led by Massine), which toured mainly in the U.S. with Danilova, Alicia Markova, and Maria Tallchief until 1963
ballet company
a company that produces ballets
ballet dancer
a dancer who is a member of a ballet company
ballet dancer
person who dances ballet (classical style of dance); ballerina (female ballet dancer)
ballet dancing
classical style of dance that uses pantomime and conventionalized movements to tell a story
ballet flats
{i} flat shoes having round toe boxes and thin soles with small bows that decorate the vamps
ballet master
a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
ballet position
Any of the five positions of the feet fundamental to all classical ballet. First codified by Pierre Beauchamp (1636-1705) in 1680, the positions form the base from which a dancer achieves stability or aplomb, the basic law of ballet. Fundamental to all the positions is the turnout, or rotation of the dancer's legs out from the hips, which creates a firm basis for movement in any direction. Various positions of the arms and hands (port de bras) complete the figures
ballet position
classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet
ballet skirt
very short skirt worn by ballerinas
ballet teacher
one who teaches ballet dancing
Canadian Ballet
A strip club, especially one in Canada near the American border
American Ballet Theatre
Prominent ballet company based in New York City. It was founded in 1939 as the Ballet Theatre (the name was changed in 1958) by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant to promote works "American in character." Oliver Smith replaced Pleasant as codirector in 1945; Mikhail Baryshnikov served as artistic director from 1980 to 1989 after dancing with the company in the 1970s. New ballets were created for the company by Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Antony Tudor; Michel Fokine revived many of his earlier works for them as well. Principal dancers have included Alicia Alonso, Erik Bruhn, Anton Dolin, and Natalia Makarova
Australian Ballet
Leading ballet company of Australia. It was sponsored in 1962 by art patrons interested in promoting a national ballet. Peggy van Praagh was the first artistic director (1962-74). Since 1965 the company has toured Europe and North America
Bolshoi Ballet
a famous Russian school and theatre for ballet, based in Moscow. Leading ballet company of Russia, noted for elaborate productions of 19th-century classical ballets. The company was formed in 1776 and took the name of its home, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, in 1825. Its influential choreographers included Marius Petipa, Carlo Blasis, and Aleksandr Gorsky. Yuri Grigorovich was artistic director from 1964 to 1995. Its many successful tours have introduced its outstanding dancers, including Yekaterina Geltzer, Vasily Tikhomirov, Galina Ulanova, and Maya Plisetskaya, to audiences worldwide
New York City Ballet
Preeminent U.S. ballet company. The company is descended from the American Ballet, which was founded by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein in 1935 and revived as the Ballet Society in 1946; it assumed its current name in 1948. Under Balanchine's artistic direction, the company became the leading U.S. ballet troupe, combining European classical ballet with American characterization and innovation and exerting enormous influence on American dance. It moved to its permanent home, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, in 1964. Later artistic directors Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins contributed numerous works to its repertoire. Its leading dancers have included Maria Tallchief, Edward Villella, Jacques d'Amboise, and Suzanne Farrell
Royal Ballet
the UK's national ballet company, which includes many dancers of international quality, and has its base at Covent Garden in London. English ballet company and school. In 1931 Ninette de Valois and Lilian Baylis organized the Vic-Wells Ballet, naming it for the two theatres (Old Vic and Sadler's Wells) where it performed. In the 1940s the group was called the Sadler's Wells Ballet, after its theatre; it moved to Covent Garden in 1946. Alicia Markova, Margot Fonteyn, and Robert Helpmann were among the company's early members. By the 1950s the Sadler's Wells Ballet had expanded to include its own school and a separate touring company; in 1956 it received a royal charter and was renamed the Royal Ballet. Dancers such as Rudolf Nureyev and choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, and Bronislava Nijinska were associated with the company
balletic
{s} of or pertaining to ballet; resembling ballet
balletic
characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet
balletic
If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet. The subject seems to dance with balletic grace. movements that are balletic are graceful like the movements in ballet
balletic
Pertaining to or suitable for ballet
balletic
choreographic
ballets
plural of ballet
classical ballet
a style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements
comedy ballet
a ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedy
corps de ballet
the chorus of a ballet company
corps de ballet
In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves
corps de ballet
(French) ballet group
modern ballet
a style of ballet that admits a wider variety of movements
ballet

    Hyphenation

    bal·let

    Turkish pronunciation

    bäley

    Pronunciation

    /baˈlā/ /bæˈleɪ/

    Etymology

    [ 'ba-"lA, ba-' ] (noun.) 1634. From French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”).
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