One of these, the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, is home to the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Pittsburgh Opera.

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Russia's importance to ballet continued in the twentieth century thanks to the forward thinking Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes dancers.

VOA: special.2011.01.26

Louis the Fourteenth's ballet teacher Pierre Beauchamps created a way to write down the dance steps for ballet.

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He also created set designs for "The Nutcracker" ballet by Tchaikovsky and "The Magic Flute" opera by Mozart.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

The critic praised the extraordinary energy of the dancers who combine traditional dance with ballet and modern dance.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Many of the people watching "The Nutcracker" that night did not like the ballet either and criticized it.

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The director of the ballet company, played by French actor Vincent Cassel, questions whether she can do this.

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In two thousand ten she published a book on ballet called "Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet."

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He introduced Russian ballet to Europe by bringing top dancers, including Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky,to Paris.

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Mila Kunis co-stars as Lily, a dancer who is competing for the leading role in the ballet.

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Natalie Portman plays a young woman named Nina Sayers who dances in a New York ballet company.

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Danish dance creator August Bournonville developed a new method of Danish ballet influenced by French traditions.

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He reportedly wrote to a friend that the music he was writing was far worsethan the music for his earlier ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty."

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The word "ballet" comes from the French language, and is based on the Italian word "balletto."

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He won it in nineteen forty-five for his famous music for a ballet called "Appalachian Spring."

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This piece from "Billy the Kid: Ballet Suite" is called "Street in a Frontier Town."

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This ballet was a kind of social dance that was performed during special occasions.

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Septime Webre says that seeing a beautiful ballet dancer skillfully dancing to Tchaikovsky's music is to see a joy and faith in the harmony of the world.

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The first full-length performance was in nineteen forty-four by the San Francisco Ballet.

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Septime Webre is the artistic director of the Washington Ballet in Washington,D.C.

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The movie ended with a seventeen-minute ballet dance.

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"La Sylphide" influenced another major ballet,"Giselle."

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He also composed operas and ballet music.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Okay, so the course thatthe tracker's on now is gonna lead him to a ballet studio?

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Garcia is a Cuban immigrant who opened his pilates exercise studio in November in an upscale neighborhood after retiring as a professional ballet dancer.

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How about your old ballet studio?

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