Ballet [ Dance, Music & Songs ]
… dominance to elevate one’s social standing. These acts brought more recognition and possible resources to the family. Conversations about the ballet itself and the dancers were wound around and threaded through behaviors of sociability, … amongst the elite for more ‘exotic forms of entertainment’ that was embedded with subject matter opportunities for conversation, evaluation, and judgement. A propitious, entrepreneurial visit and performance in 1815 by the famed Auguste … they too chattered away adhering to their own social rules. It was not until the advent of gaslight that the noise of conversation in the theatre receded. After the French and English War, more people began to come to see ballet …
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