DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL BALLET
Before classical ballet developed, ballet was in a period referred to as the Romantic era. Romantic ballet was known for its storytelling, and often held a softer aesthetic. Classical ballet came to be when a ballet master by the name
Russia and the Ballets Russes
usses. It was made up of dancers from the Russian exile community in Paris after the Revolution. Diaghilev and composer Igor Stravinsky merged their talents to bring Russian folklore to life in The Firebird and Petrushka choreographed by Fokine.
RENAISSANCE DANCE
Ballet originated in the Renaissancecourtas an outgrowth of court pageantry in Italy, where aristocratic weddings were lavish celebrations. Tutus,