Film·2015·1h 40m

The King Who Invented Ballet

Documentary

September 2015 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of King Louis XIV of France and this documentary looks at how Louis XIV not only had a personal passion and talent for dance, but supported and promoted key innovations, like the invention of dance notation and the founding of the world's first ballet school, that would lay the foundations for classical ballet to develop.

Directed by Paul Wu

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David Bintley
David BintleyPresenter

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