What is Ballet blanc?
[[File:Jocelyn Vollmar.jpg|thumb|Myrtha in ''Giselle'' in the typical calf-length white tutu of the ballet blanc, 1947]] {{italictitle}} A '''''ballet blanc''''' (literally, ''white ballet'') is a ballet in the style of the 19th century [[romantic ballet]]. The ballerinas and the female members of the ''corps de ballet'' wear bell-shaped, calf-length, white ballet tutus. The second acts of ''[[La Sylphide]]'' and ''[[Giselle]]'' are representatives of the ''ballet blanc''. [[Fokine]]'s ''[[Les Sylphides]]'' is a 20th-century homage to the ''ballet blanc''. {{Ballet}} [[Category:Ballet terminology]]