As early as the Renaissance, people under the influence of humanism began to pay attention to the value and function of the human body itself, thus promoting the rapid development of social economy, science and culture. In Italy, the cradle of Renaissance, princes and nobles competed to regard art as a tool and means to show off their power and expand their political influence. They did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to keep up with the joneses and compete with each other, so the culture and art of this period got unprecedented development. Under this historical background, ballet gradually formed an artistic form with clear style, dance steps and skills from a game dance on the basis of simple folk dance.
At that time, ballet, as a simple form of entertainment, was performed by princes and nobles at various court celebrations and banquets, so it was also called "banquet ballet". 1489 The banquet ballet performed at the Duke of Milan's wedding was his representative. At the same time, a new occupation appeared in the court-dance master.
/kloc-At the end of 0/5th century, when King Richard VIII of France led his troops to Italy, he was pleasantly surprised to find this beautiful and luxurious "banquet ballet", so the French and Italian artists "introduced" ballet art to France. 158 1 The Queen's Comedy Ballet, which was performed at the wedding of the sister of Queen Louise of France, was the first large-scale ballet in history. The play was directed by Italian musician and dance teacher Berguio Solo.
Ballet became an important part of French court life in the17th century. Louis XIII and Louis XIV both loved ballet and took part in performances in person, especially Louis XIV, the "king of the sun", who was crazy about ballet. He has played the leading role in 26 large-scale ballets, and organized three masters-Lurui, Moliere and Beauchamp-to be responsible for the creation and performance of ballet art, forming a new ballet form "inter-curtain ballet". 166 1 year, he established the first dance school in the history of ballet, the Royal Dance Academy, and began to standardize the research and arrangement of dance training. The foot position and hand position of ballet were determined at that time and have been used ever since.
/kloc-in the second half of the 0/7th century, ballet art went out of the palace, stepped onto the stage and began to become a dramatic art ... Thus, the first batch of professional ballerinas were born. But at that time, the heroines were all played by actors. It was not until 168 1 that Lu Rui's "Victory of Love" was staged at the Paris Opera House, and the ballet dancer made her debut. Jane Fontaine, who plays the heroine, became the first ballet dancer in history.