Image from Jean Labat 1696 - L’Art en fait d’Armes ou de l’épée seule (The Art of Arms or the Sword Alone) Image from Philibert de la Touche 1670 - Les Vrays principes de l’espée seule (The True Principles of the Sword Alone) The other theory is that Louis XIV of France (reigned from 1643 to 1715), an avid dancer and student of fencing, brought in aspects of fencing footwork and exercise into his own practice of dance and into the form of ballet that we know today. Here you also see some of the long lines and turnout represented in ballet.
#Beginning ballet moves second position manual#
Image from the 1536 Manual of Achille Marozzo
The upper left in this second image looks very much like ballet's first or second position in their most turned out sense. Note the turned out feet in the gathered positions (upper left). Images from the 1470 Manual of Phillipo Vadi of Italy The connections are often cited to either originate in Italy with ballet evolving as a dance interpretation of swordplay of the 15th or 16th centuries-Catherine de Medici, a patron of the arts, is cited as the cultural transport of ballet (coming from the Italian word ballo) to France when she married Henry II in 1533, to later become Queen of France in 1547. The positions of modern ballet certainly bare some resemblance to classical and historical fencing positions, though turned out to an extreme. It's a romantic idea and as someone who both teaches martial arts and dance (though not ballet) I certainly find tons of parallels in how they are both taught and practiced. I have long heard that ballet has its origins in historical fencing.
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