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 ofballet, ballet dancers and choreographers, ballets, pointe, costume designers for ballets, composers, and anything else that is related to the dance form.
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Claudeconyers (talk·contribs) -- Former ballet dancer and long-time dance historian as well as publisher and editor of reference books, includingInternational 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 theRoyal Ballet in London, adding to information on the cast (pictures, repertory and biographies).
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 ofNorthern 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 mainBallet article. Let's get it up to Good Article status!! I'm a ballet fan and my son is a serious ballet student.
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.
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]
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.
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 originalPointe_shoes article way back when :-P
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 theFilipinaBallerinas. I've also submittedDYK's for the newly created articles for ballerinas.
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 theDid you know? box theMain Page.
This list was generated fromthese rules. Questions and feedbackare 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.
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