Comédie-ballet is a genre of French drama which mixes a spoken play with interludes containing music and dance. The first example of the genre is considered...

invention of comédie-ballet. His invention of comedies-ballets was said to be an accident. He was invited to set both a play and court ballet in honor of...

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

The Middle-Class Aristocrat, or The Would-Be Noble) is a five-act comédie-ballet – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière...

and adapted it into their work for a French audience, creating the comédie-ballet. Among their greatest productions, with Beauchamp as the choreographer...

character or characters of a ballet on stage. An autonomous scene of ballet de cour, divertissement, comédie-ballet, opéra-ballet, even tragédie lyrique, which...

friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur...

ravishing ballets de cour as La Délivrance de Renaud and the Ballet de la Merlaison. The ballets de cour developed into the comédie-ballet and then the...

Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics...

Ballet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into...

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...

ballet master of the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris from 1673 to 1687, he invented the comédie-ballet with Molière and Jean-Baptiste...

used extensively in ballet training and warm up exercises, where such exercises are commonly referred to as barre work. In a ballet class, barre may also...

ballet héroïque (1752, Paris) Les troqueurs, intermède (1753, Paris) La coquette trompée, comédie lyrique (1753, Fontainebleau) La sibylle, ballet (1753...

(French title Le Malade imaginaire, [lə malad imaʒinɛːʁ]) is a three-act comédie-ballet by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes...

tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more...

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...

well as two collaborations with Voltaire: the opéra-ballet Le temple de la gloire and the comédie-ballet La princesse de Navarre. They gained Rameau official...

A ballet shoe, or ballet slipper, is a lightweight shoe designed specifically for ballet dancing. It may be made from soft leather, canvas, or satin, and...

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac is a three-act comédie-ballet—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on 6 October 1669 before the...

dance belt is a kind of specialized undergarment commonly worn by male ballet dancers to support their genitals. Most are similar in design to thong underwear...

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...

at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that...

A tutu is a dress worn as a costume in a classical ballet performance, often with attached bodice. It may be made of tarlatan, muslin, silk, tulle, gauze...

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...

(1686) La raillerie, or Mockery, (1659) La revente des habits du ballet et comédie (1661) L'impatience (1661) Les saisons (1661) Les arts (1663) Les...

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

welcomed back. In 1673, Thomas Shadwell's Psyche, patterned on the 1671 'comédie-ballet' of the same name produced by Molière and Jean-Baptiste Lully. William...

as practice garments and performance costumes. They are often worn with ballet skirts on top and tights or sometimes bike shorts as underwear. As a casual...

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