0 a type of dancing where carefully organized movements tell a story or express an idea, or a theatre work that uses this type of dancing -- 芭蕾舞；芭蕾舞劇
Given these close ties it is not surprising to discover a certain family resemblance between the librettos of operas and ballet-pantomimes.
The first act finished with a ballet of stonecutters.
What accounts for the disparity in tone between opera and ballet?
Government censors followed the same format in their reports about operas and ballet-pantomimes.
A new system was in order, which would stimulate the creation of large-scale operas, ballets and dramatic works.
In addition, the story-within-a-story device featured within the plots of many comic and grand operas is common in ballet-pantomimes.
Even though the libretto indicates each divertissement for the ballet, the dancers, here representing priests and demons, certainly also participated in the instrumental airs.
Before, you could learn the actor's craft exactly as a ballet dancer did - that is, automatically, by repeating certain patterns or clichés.
