A timeline of the history of ballet:
14th century
Medieval dance
15th century
16th century
Renaissance dance
Ballets de cour
Intermedio - Italian court spectaculars with dance
Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet"
17th century
French ballet
Comédie-ballet
English country dance
18th century
Baroque dance
Opéra-ballet
Ballet d'action
19th century
Classical ballet (Russian ballet, Italian ballet)
Pre-romantic ballet
Romantic ballet
20th century
Modern ballet
Neoclassical ballet
Postmodern dance
Concert dance
Contemporary ballet
Post-structuralist ballet
