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Frenzied dances, in honour of the god Dionysus, become part of Greek theatre - deriving probably from the northeast, in Thrace
The first dramatic ballet, the Balet Comique de la Reine, is presented during French wedding festivities
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
Louis XIV establishes a royal dancing academy and soon follows it with a music academy
A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine
Robert Schumann's first published composition is Papillons ('Butterflies'), twelve short dance pieces for piano
Coppélia, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to music by Delibes, has its premiere at the Paris Opera
French painter Edgar Degas finds inspiration in the onstage and backstage world of ballet dancers
Czech composer Anton Dvorák writes his first set of Slavonic Dances, originally as piano duets
An American Indian visionary, Wovoka, launches a new religion that will bring the dead back to life, calling it the Ghost Dance
Isadora Duncan dances professionally for the first time in Europe in London's Lyceum Theatre
The Dutch dancer Gertrud Zelle begins a career in Paris, using the stage name Mata Hari
Michel Fokine creates the ballet Les Sylphides (originally called Chopiniana) to music by Chopin
Anna Pavlova dances The Dying Swan, choreographed for her by Michel Fokine to music by Saint-Saëns
Michel Fokine becomes the choreographer for the ballet company that Sergei Diaghilev is taking to Paris
Alexandre Benois becomes the first artistic director of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Diaghilev presents the first season of Ballets Russes in Paris, with Pavlova and Nijinsky in the company
Fokine's 1907 ballet Chopiniana is revised and given a new name, Les Sylphides
Set-designer Leon Bakst begins a long association with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Schéhérazade, with choreography by Fokine, music by Rimsky-Korsakov and designs by Bakst, is premiered by the Ballets Russes in Paris
The Firebird brings together Fokine (choreography), Stravinsky (music) and Golovine and Bakst (sets and costumes)
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova settles in London and forms her own touring company
Le Spectre de la Rose, with choreography by Fokine, music by Weber and designs by Bakst, is premiered by the Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo
The ballet Petrushka brings together Fokine (choreography), Stravinsky (music) and Benois (sets and costumes)
