Ballet de cour
When the Florentine Catherine de’ Medici married the French King Henri II in 1533 , French and Italian culture enmeshed as Catherine brought from her native Italy her penchant for theatrical and ceremonial events , including elegant court festivals . A more deliberate contribution the court ballet resulted from the Académie de Poésie et de Musique , founded in 1570 by the poet Jean-Antoine de Baif and the composer Thibault de Courville . 
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