Ballet started in the 1500's with what is considered to be the first ballet called "Le Ballet Comique de la Reine" which is French for "The Comic Ballet of the Queen".

The first recorded performance of a ballet was in 1581, entitled Le Ballet Comique de la Reine, or the comic ballet of the queen.

In about 1581, the grand performance was called Le Ballet Comiue de la Reine which means "The Comic Ballet of the Queen." Obviously, this was performed in it Fance. The shows were usually exciting. Filled with dancing and singing for the royal families and their guests. The ballet started at 10pm and lasted five hours. Over 9,000 people attended.

No, they are separate entities and genres of Art. That's not to say that there might not have been a ballet dancer on the act in a Vaudeville show; there probably was.

Vaudeville was like a 'variety show': music, a comic, juggling, the dance troupe, etc...

The first ballets were performed about 500 years ago in Italy and France. They were usually exciting shows of dancing and singing performed for the royal families and their guests.

The first real ballet on record was staged in the year 1581. The grand performance was calledLe Ballet Comique de la Reine, meaning "The Comic Ballet of the Queen." Catherine de Medici, the French queen, arranged the ballet performance to celebrate a wedding. The ballet started at 10PM and lasted for 5 hours. About 10,000 guests were in attendance.