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  Dance timeline
     
c. 600 BC
 
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The choros, originally danced in a circle by temple virgins, is the centrepiece of the developing Greek theatre      
c. 600 BC
 
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Frenzied dances, in honour of the god Dionysus, become part of Greek theatre - deriving probably from the northeast, in Thrace       
1581
 
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The first dramatic ballet, the Balet Comique de la Reine, is presented during French wedding festivities      
1653
 
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The 14-year-old Louis XIV dances in a court ballet as Apollo, wearing a glorious sun costume, and finds that he likes the role      
1661
 
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Louis XIV establishes a royal dancing academy and soon follows it with a music academy       
1681
 
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A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine