Update
The Oxford Biblical Studies Online and Oxford Islamic Studies Online have retired. Content you previously purchased on Oxford Biblical Studies Online or Oxford Islamic Studies Online has now moved to Oxford Reference, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, or What Everyone Needs to Know®. For information on how to continue to view articles visit the subscriber services page.
Dismiss
YearEvent
c. 600 BCE

Go to chōrus (‘dance’) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Dionysus in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1581

Go to ballet de cour in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1653

Go to Louis XIV (1638–1715) in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1661

Go to Louis XIV (1638–1715) in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1681

Go to Lafontaine, Mlle de (1655) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1870

Go to Coppélia in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

c. 1873

Go to Degas, Edgar Hilaire Germain (19 July 1834) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1877

Go to Reisinger, Julius Wenzel (14 Dec. 1828) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1890

Go to Sleeping Beauty, The in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1892

Go to Nutcracker, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1895

Go to Swan Lake in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1900
1905

Go to Mata Hari in A New Dictionary of Eponyms (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1906

Go to Astaire, Fred (1899–1987) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1907

Go to Sylphides, Les in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Dying Swan, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1908

Go to Nijinska, Bronislava (8 Jan. 1891) in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1909

Go to Fokine, Michel (1880–1942) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Benois, Alexandre (4 May 1870) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Diaghilev, Serge (31 Mar. 1872) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Fokine, Mikhail (5 May 1880) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Bakst, Léon (1866) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1910

Go to Scheherazade in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Firebird in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1911

Go to Spectre de la rose, Le in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Petrushka in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Nijinsky, Vaslav (12 Mar. 1889) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1912

Go to Nijinsky, Vaslav (12 Mar. 1889) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Daphnis and Chloe in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Berlin Opera Ballet in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1913

Go to Rite of Spring, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Nijinsky, Vaslav (12 Mar. 1889) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to foxtrot in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1915

Go to Falla, Manuel de (1876) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1917

Go to Parade in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Three-Cornered Hat, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1919

Go to Boutique fantasque, La in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1920
1922

Go to Charleston in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1923

Go to Roussel, Albert (1869) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1924

Go to Train bleu, Le in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1926

Go to Labanotation in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:



Go to Miraculous Mandarin, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1927

Go to Graham, Martha (1893–1991) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Duncan, Isadora (1877–1927) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1928

Go to Apollo in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Bolero in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Ulanova, Galina (8 Jan. 1910) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

c. 1930

Go to Astaire, Fred (1899–1987) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:



Go to Berkeley, Busby (29 Nov. 1895) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1931

Go to Façade in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


1932

Go to Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Les in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


1933

Go to Flying Down To Rio in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1934
1935

Go to Top Hat in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to American Ballet, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Noguchi, Isamu (1904–88) in A Dictionary of Modern Design (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:



Go to Kirov, Sergei Mironovich (28 Mar. 1886) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1938

Go to Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievich (1891–1953) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1940

Go to American Ballet Theatre in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to de Mille, Agnes (1905–93) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1942

Go to Cage, John (5 Sept. 1912) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Rodeo in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1944

Go to Fancy Free in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to On the Town (1944) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Appalachian Spring in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1946

Go to Tallchief, Maria (24 Jan. 1925) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1948

Go to New York City Ballet in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Matsuyama Ballet in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


1949

Go to Carmen in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1950
1951

Go to National Ballet of Canada in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1953

Go to Cunningham, Merce (16 Apr. 1919) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1954

Go to Taylor, Paul (29 Jul. 1930) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1955

Go to Benesh, Rudolf in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1956

Go to Robbins, Jerome (11 Oct. 1918) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:



Go to Ulanova, Galina (8 Jan. 1910) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Spartacus in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1957

Go to Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Les in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1958

Go to Romeo and Juliet in The International Encyclopedia of Dance (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1959

Go to Nederlands Dans Theater in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1960

Go to Ballet of the 20th Century in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1961

Go to Cranko, John (15 Aug. 1927) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Nureyev, Rudolf Hametovich (1939–1993) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1962

Go to Tetley, Glen (3 Feb. 1926) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Australian Ballet in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1963
1964

Go to Red Detachment of Women, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1965

Go to Joffrey, Robert (24 Dec. 1930) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1970
1971

Go to Dance Theatre of Harlem in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to hip-hop in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1973

Go to Tharp, Twyla (1 Jul. 1941) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1974

Go to Manon in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Baryshnikov, Mikhail Nikolaievich (1948– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Elite Syncopations in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1975

Go to Kylián, Jiří (21 Mar. 1947) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1976

Go to Baryshnikov, Mikhail Nikolaievich (1948– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


1978
1980

Go to Morris, Mark (29 Aug. 1956) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1981

Go to Guillem, Sylvie (23 Feb. 1965) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1983

Go to Nureyev, Rudolf (17 Mar. 1938) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1984

Go to Forsythe, William (30 Dec. 1949) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1987

Go to Guillem, Sylvie (23 Feb. 1965) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1989

1990

Go to Martins, Peter (27 Oct. 1946) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:


Go to Baryshnikov, Mikhail (27 Jan. 1948) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:



1992

Go to Dance Theatre of Harlem in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1994

Go to Riverdance in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines:

1995
1997

Go to Schaufuss, Peter (26 Apr. 1949) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

See this event in other timelines: