Improve Wikipedia's coverage of ballet related articles
Create comprehensive lists and articles for ballets
Create comprehensive lists and articles for ballet and pointe shoes
Improve and maintain articles on ballet dancers
Create a larger repository of ballet images which are both aesthetically and technically sound!
Scope
Articles pertaining to the art of
ballet, ballet dancers and choreographers, ballets, pointe, costume designers for ballets, composers, and anything else that is related to the dance form.
Guidelines
Please always remember to
cite your sources (look
here for collective resources) and, if working on a biography of a living person, adhere to
those guidelines.
When referring to the French name for a term, please check your spelling (hopefully
Glossary of ballet is correct) and put it in italics.
Add appropriate categories (see below)
Add {{WikiProject Dance|Ballet=yes|Ballet-importance=?}} template to the top of ballet-related article talk pages
If you are able to take photographs, you may want to watchlist the
Image requests page
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
It would especially help if you could mention:
if you have access to ballet-related books or other sources
or if you are able to take ballet-related photographs.
Active
Claudeconyers (
talk·contribs) -- Former ballet dancer and long-time dance historian as well as publisher and editor of reference books, including International Encyclopedia of Dance, 6 vols. (Oxford University Press, 1998). Contributor to numerous reference works on dance and musical theater. Access to extensive home library of reference materials.
scillystuff (
talk·contribs). Fan and frequent visitor to the
Royal Ballet in London, adding to information on the cast (pictures, repertory and biographies).
Scríobhaí (
talk·contribs) – Researching professional ballet in 20th century Ireland
Wallie (
talk·contribs) - Interested in all forms of classical ballet, particularly in the 1950s period in the USSR. Big fan of Ulanova, Plisetskaya, Fonteyn, Minkus, La Bayadere, Swan Lake.
Sophoife (
talk·contribs) Forty-plus years of ballet watching, first in London, now in Australia. Try to see all casts for each programme as then can make a comprehensive assessment. Learned for 12 years but that's as far as I go.
PhillUpNorth (
talk·contribs) Employee of
Northern Ballet, interested in keeping up-to-date lists of dancers, significant works etc. Won't update Northern Ballet entries but may post requests for others to, if that's OK?
Slhogan94 (
talk·contribs) I like clean, well-organized categories and articles. I'm happy to help to help with clean up, starting with the main
Ballet article. Let's get it up to Good Article status!! I'm a ballet fan and my son is a serious ballet student.
Mkdw (
talk·contribs) - General interest in ballet. I recently expanded
Hee Seo as part of Asian Collaboration Month. I plan to work on a few more articles that are ballet related.
Mkdwtalk 19:12, 2 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Sfaregs (
talk·contribs) I'm an academic librarian, an adult ballet student and a life-long ballet fan. Hoping to improve articles and overall coverage by filling in whatever gaps I can.
Cazo3788 (
talk·contribs) I'm interested in writing biographies of classical ballet dancers, will also focus on South African dancers.
Figaro I love ballet as an artform and have some books about ballet.
hannah (
talk) 17:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC) I like dancing and wathching the shows!!reply
Read-write-services (
talk·contribs) My daughter is a dancer for the last six years, with Ceccetti method! I'm more interested in history of Ballet, I'm a freelance writer and editor. I'd be glad to help when/where you need it! --
Read-write-services 02:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)reply
The Fiddly Leprechaun (
talk·contribs) I've been a dancer and an avid balletomane for a number of years. I would certainly like to see Wikipedia become a strong resource for Ballet and Dance in general. I'll drop by occasionally to clean up/expand articles.--
The Fiddly Leprechaun (
talk) 17:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)reply
DanceEnthusiast (
talk·contribs) I am a professional dancer and I would like to write notable articles about dancers. I am working on expanding on South African ballet and related topics.
DanceEnthusiast (
talk) 23:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Symphony in C (
talk·contribs) I have danced for many years and studied all aspects of ballet in depth, particularly ballet history and terminology (including differences in usage between the teaching methods/styles), as well as having fairly extensive knowledge about specific dancers both past and present. I am not on Wikipedia very often but I will contribute when I can, as I think it's a great way to combine my passions for dance and for research/writing, while benefiting the greater dance community!
Symphony in C (
talk) 19:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)reply
Inactive
Those who have not made a contribution on Wikipedia in the past year.
participants
Gioland71 (
talk·contribs). I've been taking ballet classes on and off for about 20 years and I still love it!
Keitei (
talk·contribs) Ballet, ballet, ballet. Dancing for thirteen years, enjoy the technique and precision of classical ballet. Also pointe.
Mordkin (
talk·contribs) Ballet history student. Particular interest in Diaghilev and choreographic literature (Noverre, Blasis, et al.). Have been reworking Diaghilev and Ballet Russes pages.
Myznt (
talk·contribs) Dance student aspiring to be a professional dancer in ballet and modern dance. Dancer for twelve years, and avid dance historian.
Seamanjg (
talk·contribs) - Interested in helping develop the Ballet project. I have made some contributions but I am a new user and am still learning how to work with Wikipedia. Perhaps there is someone that I would work with until I become more proficient with Wikipedia.
Editor at Large (
talk·contribs) Interested mostly in the technical and history sides of ballet. Dancer for fifteen years, teacher for eight, member of a small company
Tanyawade (
talk·contribs). Former pro-dancer and ballet aficionado. Although I still dance for fun. I'm particularly interested in contributed to dancer pages and ballet pieces.
DominiqueOliver (
talk·contribs) Arts Council England Clore Fellow on Secondment to Royal Opera House, researching Choreographer Frederick Ashton.
guests
Demipointe Amateur dancer and a stickler for grammar.
Serafina_11 (
talk·contribs) I have a picture that I think would be a good addition. How do I submit it?
Splowey (
talk·contribs) - Mostly interested in dance technique and photography. Will cull through my archives to see if I have any good photos to contribute. Dancer for 15 years (Ballet for the first 12; jazz,modern & contemporary ballet for the last 3). Started the original
Pointe_shoes article way back when :-P
talk HI friends. I'm a former member of Miami City Ballet. Please see Ballet Portal discussion page regarding what may be misusage of the NYCB redirect. Thanks!
207.237.61.2603:44, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
207.237.61.26 (
talk) 01:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)reply
Massenetique (
talk·contribs) Classical singer/composer here very interested in ballet composers and specific ballets. Could be of help to add more standard ballet titles to wiki! 11:43, 30 January 2007
TitanOne I am the responsible for the
FilipinaBallerinas. I've also submitted
DYK's for the newly created articles for ballerinas.
Articles
Please see our
Article improvement page for collaboration on cleanup and improvement of articles.
Please feel free to list your new ballet-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the
Did you know? box the
Main Page.
Jayna Ledford - Filipino-born American transgender ballet dancer
This list was generated from
these rules. Questions and feedback
are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
See the
Resources subpage for a list of books and other sources editors in this WikiProject have available. If you'd like to help with sourcing ballet articles and have sources available, please add your own.