What Monteverdi ballet was first performed in Lombardy, Italy?
Mantua Mantua (Italian: "Mantova" ] ; Emilian and Latin: "Mantua") is a city and commune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
Carlo Blasis Carlo Blasis (4 November 1797 – 15 January 1878) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician. He is well known for his very rigorous dance classes, sometimes lasting four hours long. Blasis insisted that his students learn theories and definitions of dance steps. He trained all of Enrico Cecchetti's teachers and it is thought that Blasis's influence in his training is what led Cecchetti to create the Cecchetti method of ballet.