The positions of the feet in ballet is a fundamental part of classical ballet technique that defines standard placements of feet on the floor. There are...

positions of the arms in ballet. In one, the dancer keeps the fingers of both arms fully touching to form an oval shape, either almost touching the hips...

five fundamental positions of the feet in ballet, all performed with turnout and named numerically as first through fifth positions. When performing jumps...

Ballet is a formalized dance form with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries. Ballet spread from Italy to France with...

Positions of the feet in ballet Position (music), the location of the hand on a musical instrument Proprioception, the sense of the relative position...

Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language. Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M...

Ballet technique is the foundational principles of body movement and form used in ballet. It is an important aspect of ballet performance because ballet...

position" through to "fifth position." The following includes descriptions of all major ballet positions. Classical ballet positions were influenced by Baroque...

a ballet class, barre may also refer to the part of the class that involves barre work. Barres are also used for warm up exercises in other types of dance...

A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training...

"in Arabic fashion") in dance, particularly ballet, is a body position in which a dancer stands on one leg–the supporting leg–with the other leg–the working...

Lully, codified the five positions of the feet and created a system of dance notation. Jean-Baptiste Landé (died 1748), ballet master in Russia from 1733...

creation of the five major positions of the feet. By 1681, the first "ballerinas" took the stage following years of training at the Académie. Ballet started...

In ballet, turnout (also turn-out) is rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet (and knees) to turn outward, away from the front of the body...

is part of classical ballet involving a technique that concerns pointe work, in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended...

In ballet, the corps de ballet ([kɔʁ də balɛ]; French for "body of the little dance") is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists...

dance Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet" 17th century French ballet Comédie-ballet 18th century Baroque dance Opéra-ballet Ballet...

Neoclassical ballet is the style of 20th-century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine. The term "neoclassical ballet" appears in the 1920s...

Polka - Polonaise - Portable dance floor - Position of the arms in ballet - Positions of the feet in ballet - Postmodern dance - Prima ballerina assoluta...

French ballet masters. He was heavily influenced by the early French school of ballet, which he preserved in his teaching and choreography, when the traditional...

dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be any gender. The position is similar...

A narrative ballet, also known as classical ballet or story ballet is a form of ballet that has a plot and characters. It is typically a production with...

Contemporary ballet is a genre of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. It employs classical ballet technique and in many cases...

ballet (Russian: Русский балет) (French: Ballet russe) is a form of ballet characteristic of or originating from Russia. Ballet had already dawned in...

Ballet de cour ("court ballet") is the name given to ballets performed in the 16th and 17th centuries at courts. The court ballet was a gathering of noblemen...

Despréaux used the term in 1806 to refer to the dynamic balancing that is fundamental to all well-executed ballet positions and movements. In 1887, German...

Vaganova (1879–1951). It was derived from the teachings of the Premier Maître de Ballet Marius Petipa, throughout the late 19th century. It was Agrippa Vaganova...

The Romantic ballet is defined primarily by an era in ballet in which the ideas of Romanticism in art and literature influenced the creation of ballets...

The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer...

composition and ballet in general spread across the western world. Until about the second half of the 19th century, the role of music in ballet was secondary...