Usage change

See this template's talk page for more information about using this template in articles about ballets. To use the template, copy the following into an article and fill in the appropriate sections. There is no need to delete unwanted sections.

All fields are optional except "name".

Blank template change

{{Infobox ballet
| name           = 
| image          = 
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 
| choreographer  = 
| composer       = 
| librettist     =
| based_on       = 
| premiere       = 
| place          = 
| ballet_company = 
| characters     = 
| designer       = 
| setting        = 
| created_for    = 
| genre          = 
| type           = 
}}
Parameter notes
{{Infobox ballet
| name           = Ballet's name (title)
| image          = An image (filename only, e.g. Example.jpg)
| image_size     = defaults to 200px
| caption        = Caption for the image
| choreographer  = Ballet's (original) choreographer
| composer       = Composer of the music
| librettist     = Writer of the story, book or adaptation for the ballet
| based_on       = Original work that inspired the ballet
| premiere       = Date ballet was first performed
| place          = Theatre and/or city where first performed
| ballet_company = Company that first performed the ballet
| characters     = List of characters (separate with <br/>)
| designer       = the designer of the costumes, set
| setting        = Places and times in the ballet's story
| created_for    = the famous dancers who created the original roles
| genre          = the ballet's genre
| type           = the type of dancing, e.g. classical
}}   

Example change

Ondine
Choreographed bySir Frederick Ashton
Composed byHans Werner Henze
Libretto byFrederick Ashton
Based onFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué's novella Undine
Date of premiere27 October 1958
Place of premiereCovent Garden, London
Original ballet companyThe Royal Ballet
CharactersOndine (Undine)
Palemon
Tirrenio, Lord of the
  Mediterranean Sea
Berta (Beatrice)
Hermit
Designs byLila de Nobili
SettingMediterranean
Created forDame Margot Fonteyn
GenreNeoclassical ballet
TypeClassical ballet
{{Infobox ballet
| name           = Ondine
| image          = 
| image_size     = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| choreographer  = Sir [[Frederick Ashton]]
| composer       = [[Hans Werner Henze]]
| librettist     = Frederick Ashton
| based_on       = [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]]'s novella ''[[Undine (novella)|Undine]]''
| premiere       = {{Start date|1958|10|27|df=y}}
| place          = [[Royal Opera House]], London
| ballet_company = [[The Royal Ballet]]
| characters     = {{Plainlist|
* Ondine ([[Undine]])
* Palemon
* Tirrenio, Lord of the Mediterranean Sea
* Berta (Beatrice)
* Hermit
}}
| designer       = [[Lila De Nobili]]
| setting        = Mediterranean
| created_for    = Dame [[Margot Fonteyn]]
| genre          = [[Neoclassical ballet]]
| type           = [[Classical ballet]]
}}

Microformat change

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Classes used

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  • attendee
  • contact
  • description
  • dtend
  • dtstart
  • location
  • organiser
  • summary
  • url
  • vevent
Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.