i dance ballet.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres/cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art. See glossary of ballet. A ballet, a work, consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production. A well-known example of this is \"The Nutcracker\", a two-act ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a music score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets usually are performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets, such as the neoclassical works of American choreographer George Balanchine, often are performed in simple costumes (e.g., leotards and tights) and without the use of elaborate sets or scenery.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Ballet is originally an italian dance form"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting. I did not know that. I always assumed ballet originated from Russia."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it traveled there after the renissance. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do enjoy ballet. My favorite ballet is actually a Russian male named, Rudolf Nureyev. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Rudolf Nureyev was also a choreographer. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Nureyev was many things. He was quite the controversial figure for his time."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He did his own interpretations of a lot of dances such as swan lake. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I read about his Swan Lake performance in his autobiography. The reviews were stellar.. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What is the name of his autobiography?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Off of the top of my head, I cannot remember which one I read. There are a few of them."}]