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Ballet vs Divertissement - What's the difference?

ballet | divertissement |

As nouns the difference between ballet and divertissement

is that ballet is a classical form of dance while divertissement is an entertaining diversion.

ballet

English

(wikipedia ballet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A classical form of dance.
  • A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
  • The company of persons who perform this dance.
  • (music) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa-la burden or chorus, most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
  • (heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * ballet dancer * ballet flats * ballet music

    See also

    * mime * modern dance ----

    divertissement

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An entertaining diversion.
  • (ballet) A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 24, Alastair Macaulay, A Young, Lively Crew From Florida Steps Up and Takes Flight, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Patricia Delgado, though taller and paler-skinned, strongly resembles Jeanette, and in Miami they often dance together (in the “Emeralds” pas de trois from “Jewels,” for example, or leading successive divertissements in Balanchine’s “Swan Lake”). }}

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