Ballet

A topic within Dance, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Performing Arts.

Reading on Ballet

2 works

Book1760

Letters on Dancing and Ballets

Jean-Georges Noverre

Argues ballet should abandon pure step virtuosity for expressive dramatic action, the ballet d'action, making the dancer an actor who tells a story rather than a body that displays tricks.

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Book1830

The Code of Terpsichore

Carlo Blasis

Codifies ballet into a teachable system of positions, attitudes and exercises, arguing that expressive dancing rests on anatomy and drilled technique rather than on inspiration.