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The choros, originally danced in a circle by temple virgins, is the centrepiece of the developing Greek theatre.Frenzied dances, in honour of the god Dionysus, become part of Greek theatre - deriving probably from the northeast, in Thrace
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The first dramatic ballet, "the Balet Comique de la Reine" (comic ballet Queen), is presented during French wedding festivities
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The 14-year-old Louis XIV dances in a court ballet as Apollo, wearing a glorious sun costume, and finds that he likes the role
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Louis XIV establishes a royal dancing academy and soon follows it with a music academy
