Ballets Jooss
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Ballets Jooss was an influential 20th-century German dance company founded by choreographer Kurt Jooss, renowned for its pioneering blend of expressionist dance and classical ballet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ballets Jooss canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2498476 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballets Jooss Context triple: [Yat Malmgren, memberOf, Ballets Jooss]
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Ballet Imperial
Ballet Imperial is a grand classical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2, evoking the opulence of the Russian Imperial Ballet tradition.
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American Ballet Caravan
American Ballet Caravan was a touring ballet company founded in the 1930s by Lincoln Kirstein to present innovative American works and early collaborations with choreographer George Balanchine.
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Imperial Russian Ballet
The Imperial Russian Ballet was the prestigious state-sponsored ballet company of the Russian Empire, renowned for its classical repertoire, technical excellence, and role in shaping the foundations of modern ballet.
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Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes was an influential early 20th-century Russian ballet company based in Paris that revolutionized modern ballet through innovative choreography, music, and design collaborations.
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ballet "Giselle"
The ballet "Giselle" is a cornerstone of the Romantic ballet repertoire, telling the tragic story of a peasant girl who dies of a broken heart and joins a supernatural sisterhood of vengeful spirits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballets Jooss Target entity description: Ballets Jooss was an influential 20th-century German dance company founded by choreographer Kurt Jooss, renowned for its pioneering blend of expressionist dance and classical ballet.
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A.
Ballet Imperial
Ballet Imperial is a grand classical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2, evoking the opulence of the Russian Imperial Ballet tradition.
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B.
American Ballet Caravan
American Ballet Caravan was a touring ballet company founded in the 1930s by Lincoln Kirstein to present innovative American works and early collaborations with choreographer George Balanchine.
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C.
Imperial Russian Ballet
The Imperial Russian Ballet was the prestigious state-sponsored ballet company of the Russian Empire, renowned for its classical repertoire, technical excellence, and role in shaping the foundations of modern ballet.
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D.
Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes was an influential early 20th-century Russian ballet company based in Paris that revolutionized modern ballet through innovative choreography, music, and design collaborations.
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E.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
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dance company ⓘ modern dance company ⓘ |
| artForm |
ballet
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dance ⓘ modern dance ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Kurt Jooss ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Essen
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Folkwang University of the Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Folkwang School
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| basedOn | Jooss-Leeder method of movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Weimar Republic
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surface form:
Weimar Republic era
interwar Europe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
dance performance ⓘ |
| focusesOn | social and political themes ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kurt Jooss ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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expressionist dance ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dramatic narrative ballets
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ensemble-based choreography ⓘ theatrical staging ⓘ |
| hasType | touring company ⓘ |
| inception | 1920s ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century modern dance
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contemporary dance theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German Expressionists
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surface form:
German expressionism
classical ballet tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | nonverbal dance ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Germany ⓘ |
| movement | German Ausdruckstanz ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kurt Jooss ⓘ |
| notableChoreographer | Kurt Jooss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-war ballet The Green Table
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socially engaged dance works ⓘ touring internationally ⓘ |
| notableMember | Kurt Jooss ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Green Table ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic | blend of expressionist dance and classical ballet ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
costume design
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music ⓘ theatrical lighting ⓘ |
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Subject: Ballets Jooss Description of subject: Ballets Jooss was an influential 20th-century German dance company founded by choreographer Kurt Jooss, renowned for its pioneering blend of expressionist dance and classical ballet.
Referenced by (5)
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