Dance has had it’s existence from the beginning of time. The dance style or form known as ballet, which is a professional work of art which was intended for stage had its origins in the French court of Henry III and his mother, Catherine de Medicis, when in 1581, the Ballet Comique de la royne (reine) was created to celebrate the marriage of the Queen’s sister. This was the first genuine ballet de cour (count ballet), an elaborate pantomime spectacle showing the fable of Circe and performed by courtiers. Each ballet dance was an adaptation of court dances at that time. Precursors of this dramatic type of dance had already existed in Italy, a notable example being the elaborate court pantomime dance of 1489, which was based on the myths of Jason and the Argonauts, Diana, and so on, to celebrate the marriage Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke Of Milan, to Isabella of Aragon. Such entertainment continued for a hundred years, reaching their peak, during the reign of Louis XIV, who...