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DANCE Henry the IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Jean-Georges Noverre, Charles Didelot, and others made many contributions to the art of dance between the fifteenth and eighteenth century. Over eighty ballets were performed at the French court during the reign of Henry IV (1589-1610). The ballet, 30 genii, which was performed in 1615, was a ballet that announced the coming of Minerva, the Queen of Spain. The dancers for this ballet were suspended in the air and danced and sung at the same time. Louis XIII, introduced the ballet, Mountain Ballet. This ballet had five great allegorical mountains on stage, the Windy, the Resounding, the Luminous, the Shadowy, and the Alps. A person disguised as an old woman, explained the story, while quadrilles of dancer, dressed in flesh-colored costumes with windmills that represented the winds on their heads, competed with other allegorical characters for the “Field of Glory.” These series of dances usually dramatized a common theme. Louis XIV was a great patron of painting, sculpture, theatre, and architecture. In the late seventeenth century he consolidated baroque art in his court. Louis XIV was an avid dancer and studied over 20 years with a master of dancing, Pierre Beauchamps. Pierre Beauchamps was credited with the invention of the basic dance positions of classical ballet. Louis was responsible for employing a team of professional artist to produce ballet and the playwright, Moliere. Louis XIV founded the Academie Royale de Danse in 1661and with this dance he formally institutionalized ballet. The establishment of the Royal Academy of Dance was responsible for the prescribed “rules” for positions and movements. This also led to women being able to take the stage as professional ballerinas for the first time in 1681. In the early eighteen century the baroque era came to a close and the foundation of ballet as a formals art was steadfastly in place. The only thing that was left after the courtly splendor of Louis XIV’s Versailles was the costume.
Approximate Word count = 1299
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