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The History of Ballet

By LynnComm89
  • Italians invented ballet.
    Sep 18, 1500

    Italians invented ballet.

  • Period: Sep 18, 1500 to

    The History of Ballet

  • Ballet dnacers recited poems and sang while they danced.

    In the 1600 and 1700s (until 1789) dancers recited poems and sang while they danced.

  • Ballet dancers relied on their faces and their bodies to express their character.

    In the 1700s ballet dancers relied on their faces and their bodies to express their character, their costumes did not do that.

  • There was a transition from classical ballet to a more romantic ballet.

  • Ballet became very elegant and graceful.

    Ballet became very elegant and graceful.

    Female dancers got more attention then male dancers because of their skill on pointe ballet.

  • Russia saved ballet.

    Russia saved ballet. It wasn't for the ballet in Russia, ballet may have died out due to it not being popular elsewhere.

  • Ballet was driven by the famous Diaghilev.

    Ballet was driven by the famous Diaghilev, who was the leading director of the Ballet Russes. Diaghilev developed a knew way of ballet that launched the new area of modernism that emerged into the ballet we know and love today.

  • I predict ballet will be the same.

    I predict that ballet will be the same. As a dancer, I love ballet the way it is today, so I predict and hope that ballet will remain the same. Possibly even more graceful than it is today. (If that is even possible.)