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ballet d'action

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hybrid genre of expressive and symbolic ballet that emerged during the 18th century, aiming to free the conveyance of a story from dialogue, relying simply on quality of movement to communicate actions, motives, and emotions

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Instance of
theatrical genre
Subclass of
ballet
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inception
1700-01-01
indigenous to
Europe
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