Nov 8, 2025 · Ballet, theatrical dance in which a formal academic dance technique—the danse d’ecole—is combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery. The …

Dec 11, 2025 · Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948) is a Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted …

Dec 12, 2025 · Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet-born ballet dancer whose suspended leaps and fast turns were often compared to Vaslav Nijinsky’s legendary feats. He was a charismatic celebrity who revived the …

Classical ballet, system of dance based on formalized movements and positions of the arms, feet, and body designed to enable the dancer to move with the greatest possible agility, control, speed, …

Dec 22, 2025 · Darcey Bussell, British ballet dancer and celebrity of the late 20th century. Renowned for the energy and passion of her performances, she was one of the youngest artists to serve as …

La Fontaine was a French ballerina and the first woman professional ballet dancer. Before La Fontaine’s debut in 1681 at the Paris Opéra as première danseuse in Jean-Baptiste Lully’s ballet Le Triomphe …

Moira Shearer (born January 17, 1926, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland—died January 31, 2006, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was a Scottish ballerina and actress best known for her performance as the …

She debuted with the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1934. When Alicia Markova left the company the following year, Fonteyn took over many of her classical roles, including Giselle, and became a leading danseuse of …

Nov 8, 2025 · Companies revisited historical dance forms and ballet practices (the revival of the Baroque dance since the 1980s is one example). Artists reconceived much-loved Romantic ballets such as …

Nov 8, 2025 · In the West, the body of the ballet dancer was a means to discover the components of ballet—rhythm, style, and subject matter, for example—through the individual self. Originality, new …