List of ballet premieres before 1800

Ballet premieres before 1800 span from Ballet Comique de la Reine in 1581 to Arden of Faversham in 1799. Entries are arranged below, chronologically, and give, where available, the choreographer, composer, venue or presentation, and premiere date.

List 1581 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Ballet Comique de la Reine Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx Girard de Beaulieu Hôtel de BourbonOctober 15

1608 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Il ballo delle ingrate Claudio Monteverdi MantuaJune 4

1635 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Ballet de la Merlaison Louis XIII Château de ChantillyMarch 15

1653 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Ballet Royal de la Nuit Jean de Cambefort, Jean-Baptiste Boësset, Michel Lambert Salle du Petit-BourbonFebruary 23

1717 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date The Loves of Mars and VenusJohn Weaver Drury Lane TheatreMarch 2

1754 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Les Fêtes ChinoisesJean-Georges Noverre Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique June

1761 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Don JuanGasparo AngioliniChristoph Willibald von GluckTheater am KärntnertorOctober 17

1778 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Les petits riensJean-Georges NoverreWolfgang Amadeus MozartAcademie Royale de MusiqueJune 11

1789 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date La fille mal gardéeJean Daubervalpastiche of unknown originGrand Théâtre de BordeauxJuly 1

1799 title choreographer composer venue or presentation date Arden of Faversham Sadler's Wells