Tag: ‘Louis XIV’
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A Very Brief History of Ballet
To give context for the Modern dancers and choreographers I’m surveying (see previous posts), I’m gathering some information about the history of ballet—which was perceived as the antithesis to Modern dance, until choreographers began synthesizing the two streams in the latter half of the 20th century. This division has broken down over the last few decades, [...]
posted in Dance tagged ballet, George Balanchine, Louis XIV, Modern dance