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The 22 pages that link to Jean-Baptiste Lully, each with the reason it gives.

• Louis XIVRelated: His performances helped turn royal ceremony into a spectacle of power.

• BalletRelated: His collaborations connected French court dance with organized musical theatre.

• Classical balletRelated: His collaborations helped define the courtly stage tradition inherited by ballet.

• MolièreRelated: His collaborations with Molière produced influential comedy-ballets before their partnership broke down.

• Paris Opera BalletRelated: His opera institution incorporated professional dancers and helped lay groundwork for the company.

• Paris OpéraRelated: As the Académie’s first director, he shaped its early repertory and organization.

• French operaRelated: His collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault produced the model for tragédie en musique.

• Ballet de courRelated: His collaborations with court performers helped redirect royal dance toward professional stage works.

• Jean RacineRelated: Racine collaborated with Lully on the opera-ballet La Grotte de Versailles.

• ChaconneRelated: Lully helped establish the chaconne as a grand, theatrical dance in French opera.

• Ballet d'actionRelated: His court spectacles formed part of the theatrical tradition ballet d'action sought to transform.

• MinuetRelated: Lully helped establish the minuet in French court entertainments and stage works.

• Académie Royale de MusiqueRelated: His control of the company from 1672 set its repertory and musical style.

• French Baroque musicRelated: He established the courtly opera and ballet styles that defined French musical prestige.

• French BaroqueRelated: His operas and court entertainments joined music to royal ceremony.

• History of balletRelated: His collaborations with Molière brought dance into French theatrical performance.

• Jean-François RegnardRelated: Lully’s court entertainments exemplify the theatrical culture contemporary with Regnard.

• Nicolas ChédevilleRelated: Lully’s courtly dance tradition formed part of the French musical heritage inherited by Chédeville.