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| c. 600 BC |
| | | The choros, originally danced in a circle by temple virgins, is the centrepiece of the developing Greek theatre | |
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| c. 600 BC |
| | | Frenzied dances, in honour of the god Dionysus, become part of Greek theatre - deriving probably from the northeast, in Thrace | |
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| 1581 |
| | | The first dramatic ballet, the Balet Comique de la Reine, is presented during French wedding festivities | |
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| 1653 |
| | | The 14-year-old Louis XIV dances in a court ballet as Apollo, wearing a glorious sun costume, and finds that he likes the role | |
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| 1661 |
| | | Louis XIV establishes a royal dancing academy and soon follows it with a music academy | |
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| 1681 |
| | | A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine | |
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| 1870 |
| | | Coppélia, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to music by Delibes, has its premiere at the Paris Opera | |
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| c. 1873 |
| | | French painter Edgar Degas finds inspiration in the onstage and backstage world of ballet dancers | |
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| 1877 |
| | | The ballet Swan Lake, with choreography by Julius Wenzel Reisinger to music by Tchaikovsky, has its premiere at the Bolshoi in Moscow | |
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| 1890 |
| | | Sleeping Beauty, with choreography by Petipa to music by Tchaikovsky, has its premiere in St Petersburg | |
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