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Arles
City (pop., 1991: 53,000), SE France. Occupied and built up by the Romans in the 1st cent. BC, Arles became, through commerce, a leading city of the Roman empire. In the 10th cent. AD it became the capital of Burgundy, known also as the Kingdom of Arles. Portions of the Roman wall around the old town remain, and a Roman arena of the 1st cent. BC is still used for bullfights and plays. The city was home to V. van Gogh during one of his most productive periods. Arles is still a river port, but its economy is based largely on tourism and agriculture.
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.
barbet
Any of about 75 species of tropical birds (family Capitonidae) named for the bristles at the base of their stout, sharp bill. They are big-headed and short-tailed, 3.5-12 in. (9-30 cm) long, and greenish or brownish, with splashes of bright colors or white. Barbets are found throughout Central America to N S. America, in sub-Saharan Africa, and in SE Asia. They all fly weakly, and they sit in treetops when not feeding on insects, lizards, birds' eggs, fruit, and berries. They call loudly, jerking the head or tail. Maddeningly vocal or repetitious species are sometimes called brain-fever birds.
barley
Cereal plant of the genus Hordeum, in the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), and its edible grain. The three cultivated species are Hordeum vulgare, H. distichum, and H. irregulare. Barley is adaptable to a greater range of climate than any other cereal. About half of the world's crop is used as livestock feed, the rest for human food and ...
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