A ballet blanc (French: [balɛ blɑ̃], "white ballet") is a scene in which the ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses or tutus.[1] Typical in the Romantic style of ballet from the nineteenth century, ballets blancs are usually populated by ghosts, dryads, naiads, enchanted maidens, fairies, and other supernatural creatures and spirits.[2][3]
- ^ Cyril W. Beaumont, A French-English Dictionary of Technical Terms Used in Classical Ballet (London: Beaumont, 1959), p. 4.
- ^ Ivor Guest, The Romantic Ballet in Paris (Alton, Hampshire: Dance Books, 2008).
- ^ Nikiforova, Larisa; Vasileva, Anastasiia; de Miasnikov, Mayumi Sakamoto (2023-04-15). "Black Dancers and White Ballet: Case of Cuba". Arts. 12 (2): 81. doi:10.3390/arts12020081. ISSN 2076-0752.