Louis XIV dans <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://operabaroque.fr/CAMBEFORT_NUIT.htm">Le Ballet de la nuit</a></i>. The ballet was choreographed in 1653. It was significant because Louis XIV made his debut at court. This court ballet lasted 12 hours, beginning at sundown and lasting until morning, and consisted of 45 dances. Louis XIV appeared in 5 of them. The most famous dance of Ballet de la Nuit portrays Louis XIV as Apollo the Sun King. Art by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Gissey" class="extiw" title="w:Henri de Gissey">Henri de Gissey</a> published in copy of the ballet by R. Ballard in 1653
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Henri_de_Gissey" class="extiw" title="w:en:Henri de Gissey"><span title="French artist (1621-1673)">Henri de Gissey</span></a>
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<cite class="book" style="font-style:normal">Christout, Marie-Françoise (1987)      <i> Le ballet de cour au XVIIe siècle</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Geneva" class="extiw" title="w:en:Geneva"><span title="city in Switzerland and capital of its canton">Geneva</span></a>:  Minkoff  <small></small></cite>