Home›Works›Art Form›BalletArt FormBalletPerforming ArtsBalletReference and ClassificationVerifiedBallet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary.FactsBalletConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesTake a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsMediumWell-attestedPerformance dance built on a codified, highly technical vocabulary of steps and positions, traditionally staged with classical music, elaborate costumes and scenery. 1Signature TechniqueWell-attestedClassical ballet technique: a codified system of steps, positions and vocabulary taught through formal training. 1Place of OriginWell-attestedItaly; ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 1Notable ExampleWell-attestedSwan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are cited as examples of classical ballet productions. 1BalletFilter Results24 entriesCreatorAllAaron Copland (2)Arnold Schoenberg (1)Claude Debussy (1)Erik Satie (1)George Balanchine (3)Georges Bizet (1)Igor Stravinsky (4)Leo Delibes (1)Michel Fokine (3)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (4)Sergei Prokofiev (1)Vaslav Nijinsky (1)Subject MatterAllBalanchine Ballets (3)Ballets from Literature (4)Ballets Russes Productions (2)Fairy Tale and Fantasy Ballets (6)Modern Dance Works (1)Symphonies and Orchestral Works (1)MovementAllCubism (1)Modernism (1)Romanticism (1)MediumAllBallet (7)Ballet (a dance of death in eight scenes) (1)Ballet for twelve dancers with orchestral score (1)Ballet solo (1)Dramatic ballet, thirty minutes (1)One-act ballet (1)Year CreatedAll1841 (1)1869 (1)1870 (1)1875 (1)1877 (1)1889 (1)1892 (1)1905 (1)1910 (1)1911 (1)1912 (1)1913 (1)1917 (1)1923 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1942 (2)1944 (2)1947 (1)1957 (1)GenreAllDance (23)Musical Composition (1)GroupAllBalanchine Ballets (3)Ballets from Literature (4)Ballets Russes Productions (2)Fairy Tale and Fantasy Ballets (6)Modern Dance Works (1)Symphonies and Orchestral Works (1)PlaceAllBrno (1)France (5)Moscow (1)New York (1)Paris (5)Russia (2)Saint Petersburg (1)United States (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)BalletAgon (ballet)BalletAppalachian SpringBalletCheckmate (ballet)BalletCoppeliaBalletDon Quixote (ballet)BalletFancy Free (ballet)BalletGiselleBalletLa BayadereBalletLe Spectre de la RoseBalletLes NocesBalletParade (ballet)BalletPillar of Fire (ballet)BalletRodeo (ballet)BalletRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)BalletSerenade (ballet)BalletSwan LakeBalletSymphony in C (ballet)BalletThe Dying SwanBalletThe FirebirdBalletThe Green TableBalletThe NutcrackerBalletThe Rite of SpringBalletThe Sleeping Beauty (ballet)BalletConnectionsAssociated WithDance, Art Forms Well-attested Dance, Art Forms Well-attested Romanticism, Movements Well-attested PractitionersNorodom Buppha Devi, Artists Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Norodom Buppha DeviSergei Diaghilev, Artists Well-attested Source Sergei Diaghilev - WikipediaWorks In This FormAfternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky), Works Well-attested Source Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky) - WikipediaAgon (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Agon (ballet) (Wikipedia)Appalachian Spring, Works Well-attested Source Appalachian Spring - Wikipediatier 2Checkmate (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Checkmate (ballet), WikipediaCoppelia, Works Well-attested Source Coppelia (Wikipedia)tier 2Don Quixote (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Don Quixote (ballet) - WikipediaFancy Free (ballet), Works Well-attested 1944 ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins with a score by Leonard Bernstein.Giselle, Works Well-attested Romantic-era narrative ballet (1841).La Bayadere, Works Well-attested Source La Bayadere - WikipediaLe Spectre de la Rose, Works Well-attested Source Le Spectre de la Rose (Wikipedia)tier 2Les Noces, Works Well-attested Source Les Noces (Wikipedia)tier 2Parade (ballet), Works Well-attested One-act ballet by the Ballets Russes (1917).Pillar of Fire (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Pillar of Fire (Wikipedia)tier 2Rodeo (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Rodeo (ballet) - WikipediaRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Works Well-attested Source Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) - WikipediaSerenade (ballet), Works Well-attested Source Serenade (ballet) (Wikipedia)tier 2Swan Lake, Works Well-attested Source Wikipediatier 2Additional Source Swan Lake (Wikipedia)Swan Lake, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (rewire)Symphony in C (ballet), Works Well-attested 1947 plotless ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Georges Bizet.The Dying Swan, Works Well-attested 1905 solo dance piece choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova.The Firebird, Works Well-attested Source The Firebird - WikipediaThe Green Table, Works Well-attested Source The Green Table (Wikipedia)tier 2The Nutcracker, Works Well-attested Source The Nutcracker (Wikipedia)tier 2The Rite of Spring, Works Well-attested Source Wikipediatier 2Additional Source The Rite of Spring (Wikipedia)The Rite of Spring, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (ballet, dual nature)The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), Works Well-attested Source The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) - WikipediaIn the Other AtlasesOriginated InItalyAlso in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.Sources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationBallet (Wikipedia)Ballet, Wikipedia summary leadis a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.Ballet, Wikipedia summary lead, mediumIt has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary.Lead sectionBallet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.Ballet, Wikipedia, Vocabulary and technique section, signature-techniqueClassical ballet is based on traditional ballet technique and vocabulary.Ballet, Wikipedia, notable-exampleSome examples of classical ballet productions are: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.In Category: Art Forms, Ballet, Wikipedia summary, in-categoryView the SourceCoppelia (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: Coppelia, Lead sectionQuote, Works In This Form: Coppelia, Lead sectionCoppélia (sometimes subtitled: La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter.View the SourceThe Nutcracker (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: The Nutcracker, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: The Nutcracker, lead paragraphThe Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪlˈkunʲtɕɪk] ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr IlyiView the SourceAppalachian Spring - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: Appalachian Spring, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Appalachian Spring, lead paragraphAppalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work. Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet musiView the SourceLes Noces (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: Les Noces, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Les Noces, lead paragraphLes noces (The Wedding, or Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка)), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos. Dedicating the work to impresario SergView the SourceAgon (ballet) (Wikipedia)WikipediaWorks In This Form: Agon (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Agon (ballet), lead paragraphAgon is a 22-minute ballet for twelve dancers with music by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by George Balanchine. Stravinsky began composition in December 1953 but was interrupted the next year; he resumed work in 1956 and cView the SourceSerenade (ballet) (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationWorks In This Form: Serenade (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Serenade (ballet), lead paragraphSerenade is a ballet by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48. Serenade is credited as being George Balanchine's first full-length ballet in America. Using the students of his newly formed SchooView the SourceLe Spectre de la Rose (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationWorks In This Form: Le Spectre de la Rose, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Le Spectre de la Rose, lead paragraphLe Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the Rose) is a short ballet about a young girl who dreams of dancing with the spirit of a souvenir rose from her first ball. The ballet was written by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer who based the story onView the SourceThe Green Table (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: The Green Table, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: The Green Table, lead paragraphThe Green Table is a ballet by the German choreographer Kurt Jooss. His most popular work, it depicts the futility of peace negotiations of the 1930s. It was the first work to be fully notated using kinetography Laban (LabanotatioView the SourcePillar of Fire (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks In This Form: Pillar of Fire (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Pillar of Fire (ballet), lead paragraphPillar of Fire is a 30-minute dramatic ballet choreographed in the 1940s by Antony Tudor to Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4. The music was inspired by a nineteenth century German poem, "Weib und dieView the SourceCheckmate (ballet), WikipediaWorks In This Form: Checkmate (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Checkmate (ballet), lead paragraphCheckmate is a one act ballet created by the choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss. The idea for the ballet was proposed by Bliss, and subsequently produced by de Valois for the Vic-Wells Ballet. It was first pView the SourceThe Firebird - WikipediaWorks In This Form: The Firebird, lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: The Firebird, lead paragraphThe Firebird (French: L'Oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's BalView the SourceThe Sleeping Beauty (ballet) - WikipediaWorks In This Form: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), lead paragraphThe Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица, romanized: Spyashchaya krasavitsa ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889. It is the second of his three balleView the SourceRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) - WikipediaWorks In This Form: Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), lead paragraphRomeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, romanized: Romeo i Dzhulyetta), Op. 64, is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. First composed in 1935, it was substantially revised for iView the SourceAfternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky) - WikipediaWorks In This Form: Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky), lead paragraphThe Afternoon of a Faun (French: L'Après-midi d'un faune) is a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, and was first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 29 May 1912. Nijinsky danced the main paView the SourceRodeo (ballet) - WikipediaWorks In This Form: Rodeo (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Rodeo (ballet), lead paragraphRodeo is a ballet composed by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, which premiered in 1942. Subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch", the ballet consists of five sections: "Buckaroo Holiday", "Corral Nocturne", "RanchView the SourceDon Quixote (ballet) - WikipediaWorks In This Form: Don Quixote (ballet), lead paragraphQuote, Works In This Form: Don Quixote (ballet), lead paragraphDon Quixote is a ballet in three acts, based on episodes taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and first presentView the SourceSwan Lake (Wikipedia)Works In This Form: Swan Lake, Swan Lake, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (rewire)Quote, Works In This Form: Swan Lake, Swan Lake, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (rewire)is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76View the SourceThe Rite of Spring (Wikipedia)Works In This Form: The Rite of Spring, The Rite of Spring, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (ballet, dual nature)Quote, Works In This Form: The Rite of Spring, The Rite of Spring, Wikipedia summary lead, in-form (ballet, dual nature)is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor StravinskyView the SourceSergei Diaghilev - WikipediaPractitioners: Sergei Diaghilev, LeadQuote, Practitioners: Sergei Diaghilev, Leadwas a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, fromView the SourceWikipedia: Norodom Buppha DeviPractitioners: Norodom Buppha Devi, LeadQuote, Practitioners: Norodom Buppha Devi, Leadwas a Cambodian princess, dancer, director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, senator, and Minister of Culture and Fine ArtsView the SourceLa Bayadere - WikipediaWorks In This Form: La Bayadere, LeadQuote, Works In This Form: La Bayadere, Leadis an 1877 ballet, originally stagedView the SourceTake a Related QuizArt Forms: OriginsCovers this kind of entry.Comments (0)No comments yet. 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