The origin of ballet Ballet (French ballet, from lat. Ballo - dance) - the kind of theatre, the main expressive means which are inextricably linked music and dance. Most often the basis for the ballet is a plot, dramatic design, libretto, but there are bessyuzhetnye and ballets. The main types of dance in the ballet are classical dance and dance characteristic. Plays an important role here pantomime, with which the actors convey a sense of heroes, their "conversation" among themselves, the essence of what is happening.

In the modern ballet is also widely used elements of gymnastics and acrobatics.Ballet originated in Italy in the Renaissance (XVI century). Initially as a joint action of a single mood or dance scene, an episode in music, opera. Withdrawals from Italy, France blooms court ballet as lushly solemn spectacle. Music foundation first ballets ( "Komediyny ballet Queen", 1581) and courtiers were folk dances belonging to the ancient suite. In the second half of XVII century, new theatrical genres such as comedy-ballet, opera, ballet, which has a significant place ballet music and its attempts to dramatize. But a separate type of ballet theatre becomes only the second half of the XVIII century thanks to reforms made the French choreographer J. J. Noverom. Based on the aesthetics of French educators, he created performances in which the contents disclosed in plastic dramatically expressive images, approved the active role of music as "program that determines the movement and actions dancer".