Ballet started in the 1500's with what is considered to be the first ballet called "Le Ballet Comique de la Reine" which is French for "The Comic Ballet of the Queen".
Shauna Voulay (Voolay)
Louis the XIV started the first ballet school in France
Ballet first started in the early 1600's
In 1661 by Louis XIV
Ballet (basically) in Italy, but started to evolve into the ballet we know today in the courts of King Louis the 14th of France.
No, it actually didn't, even though the Classical Ballet words are in French. Classical Ballet first started in Italy!
Difficult to say, but the very first recorded water ballet was 1891 in Berlin, Germany.
Only royalty could perform the early form of "ballet". At first, the music was more important then the dance. The dancers would just take simple turned-out steps, and it was "beautiful". THat is how ballet got started, but soon, the dancing became more of the center of attention than the music. People started taking chances, and adding more steps and jumps to "ballet". Now adays, ballet is competitive, and is considered very beautiful. There are over 300 dance "moves" now. And just think: It started out as a couple of simple steps. You're welcome...
King Louis the 14th first had people perform in his tennis ball court. This is true!
King Louis XIV, originator of ballet as a dance and art form, was a male. Male dancers were more common than females when ballet first started.
Ballet was first introduced in the US in 1901 when The Ballet Russe, a Russian technique company started touring and perfroming in the states.