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Renaissance Opera Ballet

 

-Ballet began in the Italian Renaissance courts in the 15^th century before becoming concert dance in France.

Italian Renaissance Opera Ballet was performed at wedding and banquets which were things enjoyed by the elite class

Because Ballet Opera's genesis was in Italian much of the music used and terminology of dance is in Italian such as crescendo or faster

King Loius XIV loved ballet and the arts and he was a big advocate for such things. Because of this he established a professional dance organization formally known as Academic Royale De Danse with the help of Pierre Beauchamp.

At this time ballet dancers were men and female roles were played by men dressed in female costumes. It was not until 1681 where we see the first female appear in a ballet, The Triumphant of Love

Ballet Period	Type of Music	Composer	Ballet	Time Period
Renaissance Opera	Baroque Ballet	1Balthazar de Beaujoyeux	Le Ballet Comique de la Reine	1300-1600
King Louis Codification of Ballet	French Baroque Ballet	Jean Baptiste Lully	Ballet de la Nuit	1600-1700s
Classical Ballet	Classical Ballet	Mozart	The Marriage of Figaro/Don Giovanni/Les Petits Riens	Late 1700s
Romantic Ballet	Modernism Ballet	Adolphe Adam	Giselle	1830-1870

Sources: http://www.contemporary-dance.org/ballet-history.html