history: I enjoy going to ballet performances, especially with my girlfriend. She used to dance ballet, and her critiques of the performers are hilarious.
knowledge: Traditional classical ballets usually are performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets, such as the neoclassical works of American choreographer George Balanchine, often are performed in simple costumes (e.g., leotards and tights) and without the use of elaborate sets or scenery.
response: I'll bet! Does she prefer traditional classical ballets or the modern ballets?
history: I enjoy going to ballet performances, especially with my girlfriend. She used to dance ballet, and her critiques of the performers are hilarious.
I'll bet! Does she prefer traditional classical ballets or the modern ballets?
I'll have to ask her, but my guess would be classical. I think they're easier to critique, because modern ballet can be so avant garde and ''do whatever you want.''
knowledge: Traditional classical ballets usually are performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets, such as the neoclassical works of American choreographer George Balanchine, often are performed in simple costumes (e.g., leotards and tights) and without the use of elaborate sets or scenery.
response: Ah.  Apparently classical ballet has more elaborate staging and costumes, compared to modern ballet.
history: I enjoy going to ballet performances, especially with my girlfriend. She used to dance ballet, and her critiques of the performers are hilarious.
I'll bet! Does she prefer traditional classical ballets or the modern ballets?
I'll have to ask her, but my guess would be classical. I think they're easier to critique, because modern ballet can be so avant garde and ''do whatever you want.''
Ah.  Apparently classical ballet has more elaborate staging and costumes, compared to modern ballet.
Yeah it is! So much of the story can be told before you even look at the movements of the dancers, because of makeup and costuming.
knowledge: A well-known example of this is ''The Nutcracker'', a two-act ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a music score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
response: Really?  Bye the way, have you seen The Nutcracker, the two act ballet?
history: I enjoy going to ballet performances, especially with my girlfriend. She used to dance ballet, and her critiques of the performers are hilarious.
I'll bet! Does she prefer traditional classical ballets or the modern ballets?
I'll have to ask her, but my guess would be classical. I think they're easier to critique, because modern ballet can be so avant garde and ''do whatever you want.''
Ah.  Apparently classical ballet has more elaborate staging and costumes, compared to modern ballet.
Yeah it is! So much of the story can be told before you even look at the movements of the dancers, because of makeup and costuming.
Really?  Bye the way, have you seen The Nutcracker, the two act ballet?
Oh yeah, every year around the holidays.  Who choreographs ballet anyhow?
knowledge: Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers.
response: You may be interested to hear that trained ballet dancers do the choreography!
history: I enjoy going to ballet performances, especially with my girlfriend. She used to dance ballet, and her critiques of the performers are hilarious.
I'll bet! Does she prefer traditional classical ballets or the modern ballets?
I'll have to ask her, but my guess would be classical. I think they're easier to critique, because modern ballet can be so avant garde and ''do whatever you want.''
Ah.  Apparently classical ballet has more elaborate staging and costumes, compared to modern ballet.
Yeah it is! So much of the story can be told before you even look at the movements of the dancers, because of makeup and costuming.
Really?  Bye the way, have you seen The Nutcracker, the two act ballet?
Oh yeah, every year around the holidays.  Who choreographs ballet anyhow?
You may be interested to hear that trained ballet dancers do the choreography!
Swan Lake is pretty good too. You should look up La Bayadere sometime. It'll blow your mind!
knowledge: Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
response: Cool!  Hey did you know ballet originated in the fifteenth century?