BBC Documentaries 2015 09 12 The King Who Invented Ballet EN SUB WEBRIP [MPup] Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance and The King Dances

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Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance and The King Dances

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Film looking at how Louis XIV not only had a passion and talent for dance, but supported and promoted innovations that would lay the foundations for classical ballet to develop.



The King Who Invented Ballet, presented by David Bintley, director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, shows how Louis XIV's patronage and passion for dance brought about the evolution of ballet, from an instrument of propaganda in the French royal court into a professional art-form in its own right.

Framed through Bintley's own lifelong personal fascination with Louis XIV, the film charts how ballet developed during the reign of the Sun King, whilst also following Bintley’s creation of The King Dances - a brand new one-act ballet for the Birmingham Royal Ballet which will receive its television world premiere on BBC Four directly following the documentary.

During Louis XIV’s reign, dance was central to the lives of the nobility and Louis, himself a keen dancer, ensured that it would develop into an art-form that could be taught, preserved and shared by commissioning the invention of dance notation and the foundation of the world's first ballet school.

The documentary looks at the central social importance of dance in Louis’ era and features specially shot dance pieces that help illustrate what 16th and 17th Century dance was like and how it changed from being dominated by the male nobility to introducing the first professional female ballerinas - pioneers of women in dance.

Bintley also visits stunning locations including Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury, The Paris Opera, The Louvre, The Palace of Versailles and the Biblioteque Mazarine, to bring to life the world of Louis XIV and explore the artistic and political legacy he left behind.