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ballet
Theatrical dance in which a formal academic technique (the danse d'\u00e9 cole) is combined with music, costume, and stage scenery. Developed from court productions of the Renaissance, ballet was renewed under Louis XIV, who established France's Acad\u00e9 mie Royale de Danse in 1661, where Pierre Beauchamp developed the five ballet positions. Early ballets were often accompanied by singing and were often incorporated into opera-ballets by such composers as J.-B. Lully. In the 18th cent. J.-G. Noverre and G. Angiolini separately developed the dramatic ballet (ballet d'action) to tell a story through dance steps and mime, a reform echoed in C. W. Gluck's music. Significant developments in the early 19th cent. included pointe work (balance on the extreme tip of the toe) and the emergence of the prima ballerina, exemplified by M. Taglioni and F. Elssler. In the late 19th and early 20th cent. Russia became the center of ballet production and performance, through such innovators as S. Diaghilev, A. Pavlova, V. Nijinsky, M. Petipa, and M. Fokine; great ballets were composed by P. Tchaikovsky and I Stravinsky. Since then, ballet schools in Great Britain and the U.S. have elevated ballet in those countries to Russia's level and greatly increased its audience. See also American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Ballet, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet.
Daudet
French short-story writer and novelist. He wrote his first novel at 14. Unable to finish his schooling after his parents lost all their money, he took a post in a duke's household. He later joined the army, but fled the terrors of the Paris Commune of 1871. His health was long undermined by poverty and by the venereal disease that eventually cost him his life. He is remembered for his humorous, sentimental portrayals of the life and characters of S France, inspired by his experiences at many social levels. His many works include the story collection Monday Tales (1873), the play L'Arl\u00e9 sienne (1872), the novels The Nabob (1877) and Sappho (1884), and several volumes of memoirs. His son, L\u00e9 on Daudet (1867-1942), edited with C. Maurras the reactionary review L'Action Fran\u00e7 aise and was a virulent satirist and polemicist on the subjects of medicine and psychology as well as public affairs.
fable
Narration intended to enforce a useful truth, especially one in which animals or inanimate objects speak and act like human beings. Unlike a folktale, it has a moral that is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end. The Western fable tradition began with tales ascribed to Aesop. It flourished in the Middle Ages, reached a high point in 17th-cent. France in the works of J. de La Fontaine, and found a new audience in the 19th cent. with the rise of children's literature. Fables also have ancient roots in the literary and religious traditions of India, China, and ...
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