Claude-François Ménestrier
Ménestrier's essays "On Ancient and Modern Musical Productions" ( "Des Représentations en musique anciennes et modernes" , 1681 ) and "On Ancient and Modern Ballets , After The Rules of Theatre" ( "Des Ballets anciens et modernes selon les règles du théâtre" , 1682 ) were influential in the development of ballet as a dramatic concert dance style capable of expressing a wide range of emotion and narrating a complex story , drawing upon accounts of ancient Roman pantomime . 
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