History of the ballet company provides photos of its principal participants and posters and a link to details on Leonid Massine.
Order this educational software that includes a brief history of ballet. View a sample page in .pdf format, or get a list of the topics covered.
Offers a profile of the Belgian dancer who performed in 78 ballets during the years 1741-51. Link to other figures from the history of dance.
Profiles the figure considered the greatest teacher in ballet history, and who also maintained a long career as a performer.
Offers instruction in the art of regency and other vintage dance styles. Review classes and link to other groups in the United States.
Explore this exhibition featuring designs made for the Ballet Russes between 1909 and 1933. View costumes, sketches and theater programs.
Profiles these brothers who became prominent figures in the Academie Royale de Danse in the late 18th century.
Profiles the legendary director of the New York City Ballet. Link to other notable figures of ballet history.
Profiles Diaghilev's regisseur, business manager, and jack-of-all-trades, with the Ballets Russes from 1909 to '29, who kept its traditions alive for another generation.
Relates the development of ballet from Renaissance Italy through Louis the XIV's establishment of the Academie Royale de Danse, and beyond.
Article describes the progression of dance notation through the ages. Learn about the different pictorial systems in use and find a bibliography.
Profiles the great 20th-century dance impresario and describes his association with figures such as Pavlova and Isadora Duncan.
Profiles the 18th-century dancer whose post as a dance teacher in Russia helped introduce the ballet form in that country.
Profiles the composer and choreographer who worked in the court of Louis the XIV. Includes links to more resources on the history of ballet.
Read about the years when the dancer and choreographer flourished in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
Outlines developments in the ballet as the unfolded in Russia in the early 20th century. Link to important figures in ballet history.