History of dance
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The history of dance is difficult to access because dance does not often leave behind clearly identifiable physical artifacts that last over millennia, such as stone tools, hunting implements or cave
Veiled dancer, ancient Greek terracotta figurine from Myrina, c. 150–100 BC. Louvre Museum
Shiva as Nataraja (Lord of Dance)
Details from a copy of a 10th-century painting Night Revels of Han Xizai by Gu Hongzhong, depicting a dancer performing a dance known in the Tang dynasty.
Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC now at the Louvre
History of ballet
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Ballet is a formalized Italian dance form with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries. Ballet spread from Italy to France with the help of Catherine de' Medici, where
History of dance
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A publicity photo for the premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty (1890).
Louis XIV in Lully's Ballet Royal de la Nuit (1653).
The Royal Ballet of the Dowager of Bilbao's Grand Ball, 1626.
Polish ballet performers at the 1827 Venice Carnival. The dancer on the left is performing "en travestie" as a woman taking the man's role.