<P> The Romantic ballet is defined primarily by an era in ballet in which the ideas of Romanticism in art and literature influenced the creation of ballets . The era occurred during the early to mid 19th century primarily at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet and Her Majesty's Theatre in London . It is typically considered to have begun with the 1827 début in Paris of the ballerina Marie Taglioni in the ballet La Sylphide, and to have reached its zenith with the premiere of the divertissement Pas de Quatre staged by the Ballet Master Jules Perrot in London in 1845 . The Romantic ballet had no immediate end, but rather a slow decline . Arthur Saint - Léon's 1870 ballet Coppélia is considered to be the last work of the Romantic Ballet . </P> <P> During this era, the development of pointework, although still at a fairly basic stage, profoundly affected people's perception of the ballerina . Many lithographs of the period show her virtually floating, poised only on the tip of a toe . This idea of weightlessness was capitalised on in ballets such as La Sylphide and Giselle, and the famous leap apparently attempted by Carlotta Grisi in La Péri . </P>

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