Timeline of ballet

A timeline of the history of ballet:

• 14th century
  • Medieval dance
• 15th century
• 16th century
  • Renaissance dance
  • Ballet de cour
  • Intermedio - Italian court spectaculars with dance
  • Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet"
• 17th century
  • French ballet
  • Comédie-ballet
• 18th century
  • Baroque dance
  • Opéra-ballet
  • Ballet d'action
• 19th century
  • Classical ballet
    • Azerbaijani
    • British
    • French
    • Italian
    • Russian
  • Pre-romantic ballet
  • Romantic ballet
• 20th century
  • Modern ballet
  • Neoclassical ballet
  • Postmodern dance
  • Concert dance
  • Contemporary ballet
  • Post-structuralist ballet

Engraving of the first scene of the Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1581.

See also

• Ballet
• List of ballets by title