A timeline of the history of ballet:
- 14th century
- 15th century
- 16th century
- Renaissance dance
- Ballet de cour
- Intermedio - Italian court spectaculars with dance
- Ballet Comique de la Reine - sometimes called the "first ballet"
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Classical ballet
- Pre-romantic ballet
- Romantic ballet
- 20th century
- Modern ballet
- Neoclassical ballet
- Postmodern dance
- Concert dance
- Contemporary ballet
- Post-structuralist ballet
