
Ballet | History, Dancers, Choreographers, Companies, & Facts
2025年2月7日 · Ballet, theatrical dance in which a formal academic dance technique—the danse d’ecole—is combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery. The academic technique itself is also known as ballet. Learn more about the history of …
Rudolf Nureyev | Biography, Ballets, & Facts | Britannica
2025年2月13日 · Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet-born ballet dancer whose suspended leaps and fast turns were often compared to Vaslav Nijinsky’s legendary feats. He was a charismatic celebrity who revived the prominence of male ballet roles and significantly widened the audience for ballet.
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Biography, Defection, Dancing, Movies,
2025年1月23日 · Mikhail Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
Classical ballet | Pointe, Pas de Deux & Repertoire | Britannica
Classical ballet, system of dance based on formalized movements and positions of the arms, feet, and body designed to enable the dancer to move with the greatest possible agility, control, speed, lightness, and grace.
Vaslav Nijinsky | Biography, Rite of Spring, Ballet Dancer ...
Vaslav Nijinsky (born 1889 or 1890, Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]—died April 8, 1950, London, England) was a Russian-born ballet dancer of almost legendary fame, celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations.
Darcey Bussell | Biography, Ballet, & Facts | Britannica
2025年1月21日 · Darcey Bussell (born April 27, 1969, London, England) is a British ballet dancer and celebrity of the late 20th century. Renowned for the energy and passion of her performances, she was one of the youngest artists to serve as principal dancer in the Royal Ballet of London.
Dance - Movement, Music, Expression | Britannica
2024年12月13日 · Ballet dancers have to work hard to attain a full turnout (the outward rotation of the legs in the hip socket so that the heels touch back to back and the feet form a 180° angle), which enables them to lift their legs high in the air in jumps or arabesques.
Anna Pavlova | Russian Ballerina, Prima Ballerina Assoluta | Britannica
2025年2月8日 · Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina, the most-celebrated dancer of her time. Pavlova studied at the Imperial School of Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1891, joined the Imperial Ballet in 1899, and became a prima ballerina in 1906.
Ballet Dancer, Film Star & Choreographer - Britannica
2025年1月27日 · Moira Shearer (born January 17, 1926, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland—died January 31, 2006, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was a Scottish ballerina and actress best known for her performance as the suicidal ballerina in the ballet film The Red Shoes (1948).
Alexander Godunov | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Alexander Godunov was a Russian ballet dancer and actor who had a successful career with Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet before defecting to the United States during the company’s 1979 engagement in New York City.