How was Louis the 14th involved in dance?

Answer 1

yes he was Louis the 14th was born on September 5, 1638. Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. He dies on September 1, 1715 and his cause of death is unspecified. He was a roman catholic and was religious. His father Louis XIII had married Anne of Austria, daughter of Philip III king of Spain, in 1615, and for twenty years their marriage had remained without issue. The death of his father made Louis XIV king on the 14th of May 1643, but he had to wait sixteen years before he began to rule. In France Louis XIII, loved to show off his talents in this line of Ballet in France although, reports stated he "never performed anything but ridiculous characters". His son Louis XIV enjoys similar pleasures, but his roles have a little more classical gravitas - a Bacchante, a Titan, a Muse and (presumably a favorite) Apollo dressed as the sun. The English diarist John Evelyn saw Louis XIV dancing in Paris in 1651; he marvels not so much at the dancing but at so many attired aristocrats. But Louis XIV himself is genuinely interested in dancing, and in 1661 he decides that his colleagues are not up to scratch. He brings together the best Parisian dancing masters to form the Académie Royale de Danse, where his friends' skills may be honed. It is so successful that he follows it in 1669 with a similar Académie Royale de Musique.





These two institutions are merged to form the Paris Opera (which is still in existence today). From 1672 professional dancers are trained. The institution settles down into what is recognizably a ballet company.