Ballet originated from the Italian cultural renaissance, rose in France in the late17th century, and entered the most prosperous era in Russia in the late19th century. In the long historical growth process of nearly 400 years, ballet has a great influence and spread widely, and has become an art form that all countries in the world are fully growing.

At first, ballet refers to the dramatic art of expressing a story or an emotional episode by combining music, pantomime, stage art and literature with European classical dance as the main means of expression, which is called classical ballet. After the emergence of modern dance in the 20th century, modern ballet, which combines modern dance and classical dance techniques as the main means of expression, is called modern ballet.

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Ballet representative works

1, Swan Lake, written in 1876. This is Tchaikovsky's first dance music, based on folk music. The plot is: Princess Ojeta is turned into a white swan by the devil, while Prince Siegfried swims in Swan Lake and falls in love with Ojeta. When the prince chooses the bride, the black swan pretends that Aogueta cheated the prince, and is finally caught and killed. Finally, the white swan changed back to the original shape of the princess and combined with the prince.

2. "Fairy" is a representative drama of the Danish ballet school. It is a script written by Yu. It is about a young farmer who met a fairy the night before the wedding and couldn't resist the temptation of her beauty. She went with her on the wedding day and died with her. It aims to warn people to resist temptation.

3. Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is a ballet written by Tchaikovsky. Based on Hoffman's story, it is called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The music of ballet is full of simple and mysterious mythological disappearance, and has strong characteristics of children's music.

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