Table of Contents

Part 1 From folk expression to 17th-century court dance: origins of dance; Renaissance spectacle in Italy; the ballet de tour in France. Part 2 Emergence of ballet as an art form - 17th to 19th century: baroque ballet; the advancement of professional ballet; growth and refinement of classical ballet; the foundations of romantic ballet; the romantic and post-romantic ballet; the evolution of ballet in Russia; Imperial Russian Ballet. Part 3 The flourishing of ballet in the 20th century: Sergei Diaghilev and the new dance; the ballets Russes from the pursuit of the avant-garde; ballet in the 20th century; the development of ballet in the United States.

About the Author

Carol Lee established the ballet program at Florida State University in 1965, and has also taught ballet as a guest professor at universities throughout the US and around the world. She has choreographed works for the Tampa Ballet.