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This is not just any dance but a mystical story in itself that will take onlookers to another realm of dynamism. Ballet is set to the wonderful stories of legends and fairytales which makes it important to familiarize the narrative to gain a better understanding of what it is all about.

Ballet is specific in its forms and techniques. This can be performed alone or as part of an opera which is best known for its point work, grand pas de deux and high leg extensions. Many have noticed that it has a striking similarity with fencing because of their development during the same periods of history, but more likely, since both arts had common requirements in terms of balance and movement.

Below are timeless favorite accounts that have been interpreted

on stage through ballet:

* A Midsummer’s Night Dream

In 1843, Mendelssohn composed the music for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream. George Balanchine, a choreographer, did not had a hard time working with it. He intensively studied Mendelssohn’s creation for 20 long years before selecting what will be included in the dance. In 1962, Balanchine finally finished and premiered the ballet. It was his first wholly choreographed ballet in the United States.

* Swan Lake

As a commission by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, intendant of the Russian Imperial Theatres in Moscow, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake was composed in 1875. Similar to the Nutcracker, this was unsuccessful after its first year of performance. Conductors, dancers

and audiences alike thought Tchaikovsky’s music was too complicated and hard. The production’s original choreography by German ballet master, Julius Reisinger, was uninspiring and unoriginal. Much is unknown about the original production of Swan Lake

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