highly stylized type of dance which often interprets a story first developed in the 17th century at the court of Louis XIV 19th-century ballet reached its zenith at the Russian court Russian dancers dominate the ballet scene throughout most of the 20th century

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Define ballet

highly stylized type of dance which often interprets a story

first developed in the 17th century at the court of Louis XIV

19th-century ballet reached its zenith at the Russian court

Russian dancers dominate the ballet scene throughout most of the 20th century

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Define choreography

the art of designing the dance steps and movements in a ballet (or musical)

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Define primitivism

an effect created largely through rhythm

use of strong accents, heavy syncopation, polyrhythms, expanded percussion section

demonstrated best in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

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