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How did ballet start?

How did ballet start?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 3 Monaten

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Did you know ballet is basically an extreme sport mixed with a
royal dance party? Join Mira and Finn as they leap into the
amazing, high-flying history of ballet! We're traveling back 600
years to the Italian Renaissance, where kings and queens threw
giant parties and danced in velvet dresses weighing 40 pounds! Find
out how an epic French king named Louis XIV loved dancing so much
he played a sun god, earned the nickname the "Sun King," and
created the world's very first ballet school! (That is why all the
ballet moves you know today are named in French!) We will also
bundle up and travel to freezing cold Russia to learn how the
magical music for The Nutcracker and Swan Lake was born! Discover
how a daring group of dancers shocked audiences with extreme jumps,
follow the legendary Anna Pavlova as she travels 300,000 miles to
share ballet with the world, and learn how Misty Copeland made
history by becoming the first Black female Principal Dancer at the
American Ballet Theatre! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready
for a history lesson that will keep you on your toes!