
The King Who Invented Ballet

Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance
September 2015 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV of France and this documentary looks at how Louis XIV not only had a personal passion and talent for dance, but supported and promoted key innovations, like the invention of dance notation and the founding of the world's first ballet school, that would lay the foundations for classical ballet to develop.
September 2015 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV of France and this documentary looks at how Louis XIV not only had a personal passion and talent for dance, but supported and promoted key innovations, like the invention of dance notation and the founding of the world's first ballet school, that would lay the foundations for classical ballet to develop.
Genre: Documentary
Actor: David Bintley, Christine Bayle, Marie Claude Canoue Green, Hubert Hazebroucq, Yann Sordet
Director: Paul Wu
Country: United Kingdom, UK
Produced By: BBC Music
Runtime: 100
Release: 2015
Rating: 6 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 235
Content Rating:Documentary
Quality: DVD
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