Ballet is such a beautiful type of performance dance don't you agree?
Absolutely. And the athleticism involved in achieving that kind of effortlessness and grace is astounding. Do you have a favorite ballet?
I go see the Nutcracker in Philadelphia. The movements of ballet actually influence almost every other  type of dance. 
I can see that. On one of those dance shows like "So You Think You Can Dance", I saw a woman perform a gorgeous mash-up of ballet and hip-hop. As for the Nutcracker, the score alone is enough to transport me smack into the holidays!
I've seen it ever year for the last 25 years. It's a is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov 
It's the first ballet my oldest daughter danced in -- a local production in Santa Fe, but as transportive as if I were watching prima ballerinas at the Bolshoi! Do you collect Nutcrackers?
History of ballet
Ballet is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries. Ballet spread from Italy to France with the help of Catherine de' Medici, where ballet developed even further under her aristocratic influence. An early example of Catherine's development of ballet is through 'Le Paradis d' Amour', a piece of work presented at her daughter's wedding, Marguerite de Valois to Henry of Navarre. Aristocratic money was responsible for the initial stages of development in '
to play on a Rolling Stones record!' I said, 'Yes he is going to want to.' And he did and he was wonderful. I said, 'Would you like me to stay out there in the studio?' He said, 'Yeah, you tell me where you want me to play and DANCE the part out.' So I did that. And that's very important: communication in hand, dance, whatever. You don't have to do a whole ballet, but sometimes