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King Louis the fourteenth founded the first ballet academy

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Apparently, ruling an entire powerful nation still leaves plenty of time for dancing. The famous French monarch absolutely adored classical dance and personally founded the very first formal academy entirely dedicated to it. His absolute obsession is the specific reason why almost every single classical ballet term remains entirely in French today.

King Louis the fourteenth founded the first ballet academy
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