Pointe Dance

The Beginning of Pointe Dancing

Apr 23, 1500

Pointe DaningItalian Princess Catherine de Medici married the French Henry the second and introduced ballet de cour to the Court of Fance in the sixteenth century.

The Beginning of Ballet

Apr 24, 1500

balletBallet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century.

Academie Royal de Danse

Apr 23, 1600

Academie Royal de DanseHe founded the Academie Royale de Danse, which would later become the Paris Opera Ballet.

Paris Opera Ballet

Apr 24, 1669

[Paris Opera Ballet Building](urbanistion.com) It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique.

The Beginning of Tap Dancing

Apr 24, 1800

Tap dance has roots in African American dancing such as the Juba Dance, English Lancashire Clog dancing,and Irish step-dancing. It is believed that tap sancing bagan in the mid-1800s during the rise of minstrel shows.

Marie Prevost

Apr 24, 1920

One of her first publicly successful film roles came in the 1920 romantic film Love, Honor, and Behave.