意大利学派
意大利学派。1812 年，附属于米兰 La Scala（斯卡拉歌剧院）的帝国舞蹈学校开办。其最辉煌的时期始于 1837 年意大利舞者、教师 Carlo Blasis（卡洛·布拉西斯）出任校长之后。Blasis 出版了两部教科书——《舞蹈艺术论》（Treatise on the Art of Dancing）与《忒耳普西科瑞法典》（Code of Terpsichore）——在书中系统地整理了其教学方法及当时已知的全部芭蕾技术。这两部著作构成了现代古典芭蕾训练的基础。Blasis 培养了那个时代绝大多数著名的意大利舞者，他的学生 Giovanni Lepri 是 Enrico Cecchetti（恩里科·切凯蒂）的老师，后者是芭蕾史上最伟大的教师之一。正是 Cecchetti 将意大利学派推向了巅峰。意大利学派以雄健、辉煌的技术与舞者的高超炫技著称，其舞者以高难度的舞步和华丽的旋转令观众惊叹不已。
The Imperial Dancing Academy connected with La Scala in Milan was opened in 1812. Its greatest period began when Carlo Blasis, Italian dancer and teacher, became its director in 1837. Blasis published two textbooks, Treatise on the Art of Dancing and Code of Terpsichore, in which he codified his teaching methods and all that was known of ballet technique. These books form the basis of our modern classical training. Blasis trained most of the famous Italian dancers of the era, and his pupil Giovanni Lepri was the teacher of Enrico Cecchetti, one of the greatest teachers in the history of ballet. It was Cecchetti who brought the Italian School to its peak. The Italian School was known for its strong, brilliant technique and the virtuosity of its dancers, who astonished the audience with their difficult steps and brilliant turns.