Slow, controlled, graceful dance {adagio, dance} by ballerina and partner has no elevation.
Fast dances {allegro, dance} can have elevation.
Ballets can use white gossamer gowns {ballet blanc}.
Ballets {ballet d'action} can have drama and story.
In the 17th century, nobles invented court dances {ballet de cour}.
In the 17th century, court dances evolved more steps and patterns and became ballroom dances {balleti}.
A 17th-century court dance {bassé} was a minuet ancestor.
Dances can be national or folk dances {carâctere}.
In ballets {choredrame}, emotion can be more important than plot.
Ballet {classic ballet} can use ballet tradition and principles.
Dances can have many dancers {corps de ballet}.
Dances {danse d'école} can display classic ballet techniques.
Dances {divertissement}| can be excerpts from longer works.
Dances {pas d'action} can combine dancing, mime, and plot.
Two-person dances {pas de deux, ballet}| can have five parts: entrée, adagio, ballerina solo, danseur solo, and coda.
Ballets {romantic ballet} can be about romantic themes. Romantic ballet introduced toe dancing, ballet blanc, and expression to ballet, from 1820 to 1870.
solo dance {variation, dance} {pas seul}.
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