BY: Hayli Barnthouse
Ballet tells stories through your body.
Through moods, and emotions.
Ballet was first documented by Domenico di Piacenza in Italy. He called it balleto.
Catherine de Medici brought ballet from Italy over to France.
The Nutcracker
The Sleeping Beauty
Swan Lake
Costumes and masks Costumes and masks.
King Louis founded the first Royal Academy of Dance. Paris Opera Ballet
Jeté, sissone, chasse, entrechat, pirouette, and cabriole.
Jean Georges Noverre
Tights, and tutu’s Tights, and tutu’s.
They danced on their toes in point shoes.