Ballet originated in Italy, ballet (Ballet) word, from the Italian Ballare (that is, dancing) and the ancient Latin Ballo, and finally identified with the French Ballet, and used today.
Ballet is derived from the after-drama performances of the Italian nobility in the 14th and 15th centuries (i.e., the Renaissance). At that time, the aristocrats in the court to watch a called "ballet" or "balletti" of the beautiful dance, is the prototype of the later ballet, when the aristocrats danced purely for self-indulgence. Over the centuries, ballet technique has been perfected and has become the most refined and perfect form of dance performance in today's society.
2, French ballet - the first peak of the development of ballet
Ballet was introduced to France from Italy at the end of the 15th century, and ushered in the first peak of ballet development.
Since the 16th century, ballet has become an important part of the life of the French court, 1581 Queen Louise sister of France's wedding on the performance of the "Queen's Comedy Ballet" is the history of the first large-scale ballet. 1661, since childhood, a passion for ballet, King Louis XIV of France, ordered the establishment of the first ballet history of the first dance schools -- Royal Academy of Dance, began to standardize the dance training research and finishing work. Ballet foot position and hand position are determined at that time and used to this day, which is the reason that today the world's common ballet terminology is still in French.
In the second half of the 17th century, the art of ballet began to come out of the court, on stage, as theater art, ballet development into a new period. 1681 in the Paris Opera House staged in Lully's "The Triumph of Love", ballet actresses made their debut, and played the female protagonist Jane Fontaine became the first female ballerina in history, before the ballet of the heroine is played by a male actor. played by male actors.
The 19th century European Romanticism had a profound impact on the art of ballet. Ballet from the content to the form of a fundamental change. March 12, 1832, the Italian star Mary Tarioni in the Paris Opera House premiere ballet "Nymphs", for the first time to wear a long white sarong, standing on tiptoes dance, creating the history of the ballerina dancing on the tip of the foot, but also opened up the ballet a new page, Mary Tarioni is known as the " Ballet Fairy whose feet do not touch the ground".
June 28, 1841 has a "white ballet" of the reputation of the classical ballet "Giselle" staged in Paris, "Giselle" was born to mark the development of French ballet to the peak period.