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Bookmark or Share- Ballet | History, Dancers, Choreographers, Companies, & Facts - Britannicaballet, theatrical dance in which a formal academic dance technique—the danse d’école—is combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery. The academic technique itself is also known as ballet. This article surveys the history of ballet.
- Ballet costume | History, Materials & Styles | BritannicaBallet costume, clothing designed to allow dancers freedom of movement while at the same time enhancing the visual effect of dance movements—for example, the ballerina’s tutu, a multilayered skirt that creates an impression of lightness and flight.
- Misty Copeland | Biography, Dancing, Books, & Facts | BritannicaMisty Copeland (born September 10, 1982, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) is an American ballet dancer who, in 2015, became the first African American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
- Ballet Definition & Meaning | Britannica DictionaryBALLET meaning: 1 : a kind of dancing that is performed on a stage and that uses dance, music, costumes, and scenery to tell a story often used before another noun; 2 : a show in which ballet is performed
- Ballet, Summary, Christmas, History, & Facts - BritannicaThe Nutcracker is a ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, first performed in December 1892. The Nutcracker tells a story about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
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