Editing Narrative ballet (section)

==Notable narrative ballets==
Narrative ballets are essential to a ballet company's repertoire, because they tend to generate the highest sales and bring families with children to see the ballet. People enjoy watching an art form where they are transformed into a different world. It's entertaining and exciting. Many newer narrative ballets are adapted from familiar stories or literature because they are recognizable to audiences. As mentioned above ''[[Swan Lake]]'' is one of the most famous examples of narrative ballet, other famous narrative ballets include: ''[[Giselle]], [[The Nutcracker]], [[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]], and [[L'histoire de Manon]].'' The story of ''Giselle'' is a romantic tale of innocent love and betrayal; of philandering Count Albrecht and a trusting peasant maid, Giselle. Although she has a weak heart, Giselle loves to dance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chien |first=Jane Ann |date=2022-06-10 |title=The Story of Giselle |url=https://www.sfballet.org/discover/backstage/the-story-of-giselle/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=San Francisco Ballet |language=en-US}}</ref> ''The Nutcracker'' is the story of how a young girl named Clara falls in love with a Nutcracker that magically comes to life and defeats an army of evil rats to save her life. Clara and the nutcracker then travel to the land of the sweets where Clara is introduced to the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, and beautiful Arabian Princesses, Russian Cossacks, French ballet dancers and even exotic flowers, who all dance in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nutcracker Story {{!}} Northern Ballet |url=https://northernballet.com/the-nutcracker/the-nutcracker-story |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=northernballet.com}}</ref> The ballet Romeo and Juliet follows the same story as the famous Shakespearean play it is based on, the only difference between the two being the medium used is dance rather than acting. Lastly, the ballet ''L'histoire de Manon''  follows the love story of Manon and Grieux and their search for love and fortune.