the Ballet

Welcome to the Ballet! Here you'll find information on ballet, it's history, great dancers, and the ballets themselves.

The Ballet is broken up into two main content sections, "Studio to Stage" has step-by-step articles on ballet including a history, life as a ballet dancer, performing, and ballet technique and the "Encyclopedia" is exactly what you think it should be from the name - Lots of stuff about ballet.

The Ballet is updated as frequently as I can. I am a ballet dancer and maintain the Ballet as a hobby, so updates are not scheduled, but I try to work on the website often.

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John

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New Ballet Added Ᾱ Coppélia
After many requests I have added the ballet Coppélia to the Ballet Encyclopedia. Enjoy!
New Encyclopedia Section!
There is a new section in the Ballet Encyclopedia, it is of Ballet Choreographers We're starting out with twelve choreographers, (some of them are dancers too). Today I added Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Frederick Ashton, and, of course George Balanchine, with more to come about Balanchine. So, now you can check out our choreographers section.
Jacques d'Amboise Bio Online
We are pleased to announce that the Jacques d'Amboise page is back online, after being reviewed by Mr. d'Amboise himself. You can find out about more Jacques d'Amboise here.
Alvin Ailey bio Online
We have added another great black dancer and choreographer to our Encyclopedia - Alvin Ailey. The founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alvin Ailey was truly a dance pioneer in America.