![BBC Four - The King Who Invented Ballet: Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance, Entrance of the Rising Sun BBC Four - The King Who Invented Ballet: Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance, Entrance of the Rising Sun](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p0320r8y.jpg)
BBC Four - The King Who Invented Ballet: Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance, Entrance of the Rising Sun
![LOUIS XIV - Ballet costume worn by Louis XIV (1638-1715, king in 1643-1715) - as APOLLO /The Sun God in Ballet royal de la nuit / Ballet of The Night in 1653. LOUIS XIV - Ballet costume worn by Louis XIV (1638-1715, king in 1643-1715) - as APOLLO /The Sun God in Ballet royal de la nuit / Ballet of The Night in 1653.](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/a91e5feb7813497285caeb56c44a55e1/k0r7eh.jpg)
LOUIS XIV - Ballet costume worn by Louis XIV (1638-1715, king in 1643-1715) - as APOLLO /The Sun God in Ballet royal de la nuit / Ballet of The Night in 1653.
![King Louis XIV of France in the costume of the Sun King in the ballet 'La Nuit' posters & prints by French School King Louis XIV of France in the costume of the Sun King in the ballet 'La Nuit' posters & prints by French School](https://previews.magnoliabox.com/bridgeman/mb_hero/xir394980/MUS-FAPC1114_850.jpg)