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Jun 13, 1581
Balet Comique de la Reine is the first dramatic ballet.
Balet Comique de la Reine, the first dramatic ballet, is performed durng a French wedding. -
Louis XIV establishes a royal dance academy.
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The world's first Prima Ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine.
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The Can-Can is introduced.
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Tap dance is popularized in the United States.
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Coppelia premieres at the Paris Opera.
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Swan Lake premieres at the Bolshoi in Moscow.
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Sleeping Beauty has its premiere in St. Petersburg.
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The Nutcraker premieres in St. Petersburg.
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Michel Fokina creates the ballet Les Sylphides.
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Scheherazade premieres in Paris.
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Anna Pavola forms her own touring company.
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Foxtrot becomes a highly popular ballroom dance.
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Jazz is popularized in New Orleans.
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Broadway show Ziegfeld Follies features the charleston.
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Martha Graham opens the School of Contemporary Dance.
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The Bluebell Girls give their first perfomances.
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New York City Ballet becomes the resident company.
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Cinderella is first full ballet by an English choreographer.
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Spartacus premieres in Leningrad.
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Romeo and Juliet premiered in Venice.
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Hip Hop orginates in New York.
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William Forsythe becomes director of Frankfurt Ballet.
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Riverdance is presented at the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Successful all-male Swan Lake is performed.
