my mother is a ballet dancer.
[{"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 originated during the 15th century and only later turned into a concert dance form in France and Russia."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love ballet. I once saw a performance of \"Hallelujah\" on \"So You Think You Can Dance\" that made me cry."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would love to see the choreography and hear the music in a ballet production."}, {"role": "user", "content": "There are times it leaves a person so moved it is hard to speak."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "As it is globally influential and has defined techniques used in many cultures, I would love to attend the ballet at least once."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have been to the \"Nutcracker\" before, but not a lot of ballet performances. I would love to see more."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would love to see \"The Nutcracker\" as I hear it is amazing. It surprises me that the original production was not a success although the 20-minute suite Tchaikovsky extracted was a success."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I never knew that about \"The Nutcracker\". How fascinating."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "\"The Nutcracker\" premiered at the Marinsky Theatre in 1892."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow. So long ago and it is still a huge performance every holiday season."}]