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A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men), [1] or the Bal des Sauvages [2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball [note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France, at which King Charles VI had a dance performance with five members of the French nobility.
A scene from Il Ballo del Doge. Il Ballo del Doge ("The Doge’s Ball") is a Venetian masquerade ball, one of the many events held annually during the Carnival of Venice.The ball itself is held in the 15th-century Venetian palace of Palazzo Pisani Moretta, situated on the Grand Canal in Venice.
A ball is a formal dance event often characterised by a banquet followed by a social dance. Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion .
The Black and White Ball was a masquerade ball held on November 28, 1966, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Hosted by author Truman Capote , the ball was in honor of The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham .
The Hamilton Lodge Ball, also known as the Masquerade and Civic Ball, was an annual cross-dressing ball in Harlem, United States.The Lodge's ball in 1869 was recognized as the first drag ball in United States history.
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The ball was founded in 1997 by Shawn Strider and was chiefly inspired by the masquerade scene in Labyrinth as well as the Venetian tradition of masquerade balls. [4] [8] Strider created the event as he wished to experience a masquerade in the style of 1980s fantasy films, namely Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal and Legend.