(15) Breeding the Nation

Ballet Art Ballet originated in Italy and was born at the end of the seventeenth century. It was developed by the French court of Louis XIV in the eighteenth century and became increasingly perfect in the 19th century. At the end of the century, Russia entered its most prosperous period. In the past four hundred years, ballet has had a great impact on the world and spread widely during its long-term historical development. It has become an art form and is developing in various countries around the world.

The history of ballet can be traced back to its earliest beginnings in the courts of Italy since the height of the Renaissance in continental Europe, and its younger brother Bergen, where it took place in southern France. Whenever there are wedding celebrations, meetings with foreign heads of state, or other large-scale celebrations, this dance is performed to show one's hopes, or to add to the fun. The first complete ballet in the history of the development of the ballet - "The Queen's Comedy Ballet" was performed in 1581, when Margaret married Versailles (Versailles): Basilina (Lorraine), Yao Young Sri Lanka Duke has so far saved the musical notation of this ballet, which can be considered the oldest ballet music

The ballet reached its heyday in the era of Louis XIV (1643-1715), under Louis X. The four were an extraordinary dancer, delighting in Aibal's performances. In 1661, Louis XIV founded the first dance school - the Royal Academy of Dance, which specialized in teaching the historical hand and foot positions still in use. And the school is now part of the Paris Opera. Some beautiful ballet dances were fixed here in 1700 by Beauchamp, the royal dance teacher and musician Lully of Cambefort, who strongly promoted French ballet. The ballet increased significantly in cultural and musical importance and became the source of many new court dances, such as: the Jaothe dance (the Jiahe dance), the Pierre dance (the Parth), the Bath, the Bray dance. (Baoren), "Rodrigo Oriental Dance (Rigaudon), one of the dance music, the most important is the minuet (minuet)". In 1653, Lully began to participate in the ballet activities of the French court, And climax. He also produced the so-called Ballet Comedy (Comédie Ballet) of 1760 (Le Gentilhomme) (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme) mixed with Molière's drama and ballet, which can be considered one of the most famous of ballets. masterpiece. Lully took up the ballet in the opera, and he made his 2 successors Compra (Compla) and Rameau (Ramo) do the same. Especially in the works of Ramo, Mexican, wholesome and exotic, the more interesting shares this, of course, with his personality and background. The British also created a special ballet called "Masquerade" (masque). In the second half of the 17th century, ballet had become the center of Vienna. However, the debates among ballet dancers in Europe are between "tradition" vs. "innovation", "strictness" vs. "lyrical", "pure dance" vs. "title choreography", and "ballet" vs. "modern dance" These ideas have been debated in the 20th century, more often than not in its consequences

Since 1789, some of the early (also known as the pre-romantic) period have been closed. ) ballet masterpiece.

By the 19th century, the history of the "Golden Age of Romantic Ballet" had appeared in the Paris ballet, with the introduction of "Fairy Tale" (1832), "Giselle" (1841) and "A Dream of Love" (1870) as representative examples. Then it entered the heyday of "classical ballet" throughout the history of ballet in Russia, leaving "Sleeping Beauty" (1890), "The Nutcracker" (1892) and "Swan Lake" (1895) as the "three major ballet companies" ", which led to the formation of a large number of classic repertoires, thus setting off the concept that ballet is the highest form of dance. This concept continued until the 20th century, especially after the birth of modern ballet and contemporary ballet, when dance began to get out of the misunderstanding of "non-dance". Attempts to return to action body "pure ballet" (that is, non-ballet ballet works, also known as "neoclassical ballet") headed by the Russian ballet master George Balanchine (1904-1983) in the United States began to occupy the The dominance of the dramatic ballet reigns. There are 7 recognized leaders in the world of classical ballet: the Kirov Ballet in the former Soviet Union, the Bolshoi Ballet, the New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet Modern ballet shows an unprecedented popularity and exuberance, with representative figures and groups, for the Czech Jiz Kilian (1947-) and his Dutch Dance Theater and the American, William Fawcett (1949 - ) and his Frankfurt Ballet in Germany.