Le Ballet

Dance has been a major event in everywhere, such as marriage and the birth. Some dance celebrate sowing, harvest, or call for rain. Simply speaking, dance is ritual to strengthen the human relationships. Since the Italian Renaissance court of the 15th and 16th centuries, a classical dance, Le Ballet, has been developed for the purpose that other than celebration or burial. Le ballet has been developed as a classical concert dance for entertainment and performance in France.

Le ballet is well-known in Europe, especially in France. However, the origin of le ballet is Italy. During the 15th and 16th centuries, le ballet was formalized in Italy and spread to France with the help of Catherine de’ Medici. (Ballet, 2017) In 17th century, le ballet
The pieces, like Le Lac des Cygens and Casse-noisette, are clarified as le ballet classique. In fact, there are 4 types of ballet styles. They are le ballet romantique, le ballet classique, le ballet moderne, and le ballet contemporain. (Ballet, 2017) Le ballet romantique, which was defined in the Romantic era, emphasizes intense emotion – romance, depression and fairy. In le ballet romantique, it usually expressed the women who enslaved the hearts and senses of mortal men. La Sylphide is the first ballet widely considered to le ballet romantique. As for le ballet classique, it is usually mixed up with le ballet romantique. There is no doubt that le ballet romantique and le ballet classique are similar. However, le ballet classique emphasizes more on les pas and les techniques than le ballet romantique. (Castle, 1996) For example, in the scene Pas de Quatre les Petites Cygnes à Le Lac des Cygens, the whole movement was composed with petit allegro, en pointe and passé. In the 20th century, le ballet moderne, also named as le ballet néo-classique, was appeared. Apollo is one of the famous les ballets modernes. It combined the classical ballet technique, but deviates from le ballet classique in emphasizing on the abstract. In the late 20th century, another ballet style was developed, which is le ballet contemporain. Le ballet contemporain is not equal to le ballet modern. La ballet contemporain is a
Le ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris is the oldest national ballet academy in the world. It has been an integral part of l’Opéra de Paris, and its origin is l’Académie royale de musique that founded by Louis XIV in 1669. (Castle, 1996) At first, children were not allowed to attend this academy. Later, as Louis XIV believed that “the youngers the children learn, the easier it will be.”, the academy started allowing the enrolment of children under 20 years old. (Top 12 Ballet Schools in the World, 2016) Due to Louis XIV’s belief an the historical factor, le ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris has been educating the world’s finest dancer. Camargo and Sallé were the first stars of dancers in this academy. Because of the history, famous dancers and choreographers, l’Opéra National de Paris is regarded as one of the most preeminent ballet academy in the