Briefly Describe the Development of Ballet, Including Its Relationship with Opera

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Essay

Briefly describe the development of ballet, including its relationship with opera.
I. Describe the development, starting with Italian street mimes and progressing through court entertainment.
II. Identify the difference between French ballet and Russian ballet.
III. State the mandate by the late seventeenth century that every French opera include a ballet.

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