King Louis XIV of France invented ballet, if that is what you mean. Answer:

Bergonzio di Botta, Italian dance master, arranged the first lavish Italian ballet, in 1489 on the occasion of the marriage of Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, to Isabel Aragon in Torrona. The individual dances matched the various courses of the dinner--with Jason and the Argonauts serving as the connecting thread. So greatly were the people impressed by the ballet, described by Tristano Calco, that there were many other similar ballets, thus preparing the path which eventually led to the "Ballet Comique de la Reine."

= Before 1700 = 1489: Bergonzio di Botta presents his ballet dinner at Tortone, Italy. 1581: First ballet Le Ballet Comique de la Reine choreographed by Balthasar de Beaujoyeaux in 1581 (the Catherine di Medici regime: 1519-1589). 1584: Teatro d'Olympico with proscenium arch stage in Verona, Italy.

1588: First French book on dance Orchésographie written by Thoinot Arbeau; published the description of the turn-out 1653: Louis XIV (Sun King) danced the Sun God in Le Ballet de la Nuit. His teacher Pierre Beauchamps began to create a vocabulary for dance. 1655-1729: Louis Pécourt - first leading professional male dancer. 1661: Louis XIV established the Académie Royale de Danse. Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), musician, composer and dancer, ran what would become the Paris Opera with an iron hand. 1665-1738: Mlle. LaFontaine - first professional female dancer. Catherine de Medici (1519 - 1589) Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Pierre Beauchamp (1636-1705) Louis Pecourt (1655-1729) Marie Theresa Subligny (1666-1735) Jean Balon(1676-1739) Nicole Blondy (1677-1747) Francoise Prevost (1680-1741) * Louis Dupr * http://michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?history