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Timeline of Ballet and Modern

  • Sep 21, 1393

    Bal des Ardents

    Charles VI king of France at the time and his friends descided to dance the moresca. They dressed and paited themselves to look like savages and were all chained together. The duke of Orleans leaned in close to look and set them all on fire. The king escaped because he had slipped his chains to talk to the dutchess
  • Period: Sep 27, 1400 to

    Renaissance Era

    Rebirth
    Artistcally light
    Life
  • Sep 20, 1570

    Academie de Musique et de la Poesis founded

    Founded by Jean Antoine de Baif and Thibault de Courville
  • Oct 15, 1581

    Comique de la Rein

    Ballet in honor of a wedding
    Choreographed by Balthasar de Beaujoyeux
    Hosted by Catherine de Medici
  • Orchesographie published

    Dance Manuel
    Written by Thoinot Arbue
  • Ballet de la Delivrance de Renaud

    Louis XIII played spirit of fire
  • Ballet de la Felicite

    Ballet in honor of Louis XIV being born
  • Period: to

    King Louis XIV Reign

    French King
  • Ballet de la Nuit

    Louis XIV portrayed the Rising Sun
  • Academie Royale de Danse founded

    Founded by Louis XIV
  • Academie Royale de Musique founded

    Still survives today as the Paris Opera
  • Louis XIV stopped dancing

    Due to age, physical fitness, and a critic
  • Pomone

    Paris Opera's first production
    Held on a tennis court
  • Dido and Aeneas

    Choreographed by Henery Purcell
    Premired at Josias Priest's boarding school
  • First Prima Ballerina retired

    Mille de La Fontaine
    Debuted in Lully's "Le Triomphe de' la Amore"
  • Choreographie

    Raou- Aunger Feuillet wrote dance notation
    Choreographie ou'l Art de Decrire la Dance
  • Paris Opera Ballet School opens

  • Les Coracteres de la Danse

    Choreographed by Franciose Prevost
    Her best known work
  • The Loves of Mars and Venus

    London
    Earliest complete ballet
    Choreographed by John Weaver
  • Hippolyte et Aricie

    Set that made Jean Phillippe Rameau famous
  • Les Indes Galantes

    Set Jean Phillippe Rameau was most known for
  • Marie Camargo retired

    Franciose Prevost pupil
    Danced for Paris Opera Ballet
  • Les Fetes Chinoises

    Ballet
    Paris Opera
    Chinese influenced
    Choreographed by Jean Georges Noverre
  • Letters on Dancing in Ballets

    Most influential dance book ever created
    Written by Jean Georges Noverre
  • The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master

    Ballet
    Royal Danish Ballet
    Worlds oldest complete ballet that is still performed today
  • Pierre Gardel

    Ballet master for Paris Opera Ballet for 1787
  • Flore et Zeohyre

    Ballet
    Choreographed by Charles Didelot
    Flew dancers across stage with wires
  • Period: to

    Hayday of Romantic Ballet Era

  • Robert le Diablo

    Choreographed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
    Multiple castrophities
    Powerful opera music
  • La Sylphide

    Choregraphed by Filippo Taglioni
    Performed by Marie Taglioni
  • Royal Danish Ballet La Sylphide

    August Bournonville Danish choreographer
    Stared Lucile Grahn
  • Giselle

    Cerlotta Grisi was Giselle
    Adalphe Adam did the score
    Jules Perrot co-choreographer also Grisi's lover
  • Pas de Quartet

    Taglioni, Cerrito, Grisi, Grahn
    Performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in London
    Perrot
  • Don Quixote

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
  • Daughter of Pharoh

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
  • Coppelia

    Last Romantic Ballet of the era
    Comedy
    Choreographer- Arthur Saint-leon
    Score- Leo Delibes
    Swanilda- Bozzachi Giusepina
    Frantz- Eugenie Fiocre
  • La Bayadere

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
  • Sleeping Beauty

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
    Score by Tchaikovsky
  • The Nutcracker

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
    Score by Tchaikovsky
  • Serpentine Dance

    Loie Fuller multi media light dance with silk
  • Sawn Lake

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
    Score by Tchaikovsky
  • Raymonda

    Choreographed by Marius Petipa
  • Dying Swan

    Choreographed by Fokine
    Peformed by Anna Pavlova
  • Period: to

    Ballet Russes

    Sergie Diaghilev created the company
    Had multiple choreographers
    Used abtract artists
  • FireBird

    Choergraphed bt Fokine
    Performed by Ballet Russe
  • Afternoon of the Faun

    Choergraphed by Nijinsky
    creepy faun dance, 2d
  • The Rite of Spring

    Chroegraphed by Nijinsky
    Performed by the Ballet Russe
  • Parade

    Choerographed by Massine
    Performed by the Ballet Russe
    One act ballet about the world fair
    Picasso set designs
  • Apollo

    Choerographed by Balanchine
    1st neo-classical ballet
  • Prodigal Son

    Choergraphed by Balanchine
  • Heretic

    Martha Graham
  • Oklahoma

    Agnes de mille choerographed
  • Fancy Free

    Jerome Robbins "Show doctor"
  • Appalachine Springs

    Choerographed by Martha Graham
  • Night Journey

    Martha Graham
  • West Side Story

    Jerome Robbins (allows NYCB to perform)
  • Jewels

    Chroegraphed by Balanchine
  • Esplanade

    Paul Taylor
    based on pedestrian movement
  • In the Upper room

    Twyla Tharp
  • Tensil Involvement

    Alwin Nikolias
    Material hanging everywhere and dancers change the shape
  • I don't believe in outer space

    Choreographed by William Forsythe
  • Witch Dance

    Mary Wigman
    Solo artist