High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Academie Royale de Danse, founded by letters patent on the initiative of King Louis XIV of France in March 1661, was the first dance institution established in the Western world. It was an association of thirteen dancing experts whose purpose according to the preamble of the King's letters was "to restore the art of dancing to its original perfection and to improve it as much as possible". The group was intended to codify court and character dances and to certify dance teachers by examination, but since no archives of the organization have been found, it has not been possible to evaluate in detail its activities and accomplishments. The Academie Royale de Musique, originally founded in 1669 as the Academie d'Opera, was a closely related opera and ballet company (see also Paris Opera Ballet), and although the two institutions never merged, members of the dance academy were also associated with the opera. Along with many other royal...

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