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Ballet is the name given to a specfic dance form and technique. Dance works choreographed using this techique are called ballets and may include; dance, mime, acting and music ( orchestral and sung). Ballets can be performed alone or as part of an opera. Ballet is best known for its virtuoso techniques such as pointe work, grand pas de deux and high leg extensions. Many Ballet techniques bear a striking similarity to fencing positions and footwork, perhaps due to their development during the same periods of history. Domenico da Piacenza is credited with the first use ot the term ballo (in De Arte Saltandi ed Choreas Ducendi) instead of danza (dance) for his baletti or balli which later came to be known as Ballets. The first Ballet per se is considered to be Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx 's Ballet Comique de la Royne ( 1581) and was a ballet comique (ballet drama). 1581 also saw the publication of Fabritio CarosoFabritio Caroso da Sermoneta was a famous Italian Renaissance dancing master. He was born around 1526-1535 and died around 1605-1620. His dance manual Il Ballarino was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, Nobilta de dame's Il Ballarino, a technical manual on ballet dancing that helped to establish ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer as a major centre of ballet development.
1 History of ballet
- 16th century15th century 16th century 17th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Events Beginning of the " Little Ice Age" a cooling period that resulted in lower crop yi: Baletti, ballet comique .
- 17th century16th century 17th century 18th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601- 1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of: Court ballet , Ballet d’Action , opera balletOpera Ballet ballets de cour is the name given to ballets performed in the 17th century that occurred within an Opera. Jean-Baptiste Lully is considered the most important composer music for Opera Ballet and instrumental to the development of the form.
- 18th century17th century 18th century 19th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701- 1800; however, historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th Century as 1715- 89,:
- 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended: pre romantic ballet, Romantic ballet, Russian ballet / Classical ballet
- 20th century: Modern ballet , Neoclassical ballet, Post-structuralist ballet
See also: History of ballet , Ballet timeline
2 Ballet technique
2.1 Methods
Since its beginnings in the Italian court dances of the late 14th century ballet technique has been developed throughout Europe, Russia and the United States. Consequently there are several methods of ballet technique which differ slightly in the presentation and execution of the standard ballet vocabulary. These methods inculde the:
- American Ballet
- Danish Ballet
- French Ballet
- Italian Ballet
- Russian Ballet
- English Ballet
main article: ballet technique
