It’s an ingenious idea: Create an evening-length ballet about the progenitor of ballet, Louis XIV, and his most frequent collaborator, composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. And there was a certain magic to ...

Katie Derham explores on dance at the court of Versailles, including the music of Louis XIV and the French Baroque, as well as the origins of classical ballet. Show more Katie Derham explores dance at ...

Performances of the upcoming Paris Opera Ballet visit have been cut back, and ”Raymonda” will not be included in the engagement as originally announced. Shipment difficulties connected with the ...

"Consider your luck as great as your talent," is how Louis XIV admonishes Giovanni Baptista Lulli, the Italian dancer-musician and wayward Superintendent of the King's Music. The relationship between ...

When it comes to anecdotes about musicians, the one about 17th century French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully certainly ranks among the most bizarre. Lully, who spent much of his career writing music for ...