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Pierre Beauchamps
Beauchamps was Louis XIV's dance trainer. He was also a poular dance master who created dance terminology and technique. He is responsible for the 5 poditions of the feet we still use in ballet class today. -
Academie Royale dr la Danse
King Louis the XIV lived every day as a performance. He created a dance academy that made dance popular to the public. This school alos professionalized dance and strated a snow ball effect in the growth of ballet. -
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Jean George Noverre
Noverre began adding expressiveness to ballet technique. He stressed his 4 principles in ballet that all revolved around enhancing the plot through movement and stage design as well as costuming. He thought all elements should be connected and feed to one plot. -
La Sylphide
Originally choreographed by Fillippo Taglioni, this ballet refelcted Romantic ideals. The plot invloved a sylph with magical powers and alove triangle among mortal and beast which is a very typical Romantic theme. His daughet Marie Taglioni was the lead female roll in the ballet. -
Don Quixote
This ballet choreoraphed by Marius Petipa, is still performed in current theatres. Petipa was an important name in ballet and this dance in particular is known for being plotless. -
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Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Diaghilev was an extremely important influence in ballet history. He was the creator and person in charge of the Ballet Russes in Russia. He took in many influential choreographers and collaborated with many artists and composers. -
Parade
This ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine, was a product of the Ballet Russes. The movment of this ballet was not the only innovative quality, the costuming and set design was like nothing before it. Pablo Picasso was the deigner for the cosutmes and set and the result is an insanely, surrealistic, spectacle. -
Anna Pavlova
A Russan prima ballerina who came from the Ballet Russes. She was the Dying Swan and was the first ballerina to tour all around the world.
