Intense passion, enthusiasm, or obsession with ballet and ballet dancing.
From 'ballet' + 'mania' (Greek for 'madness' or 'excessive enthusiasm'). This term was created in the 19th century to describe the widespread passionate interest in ballet that swept through Europe and Russia.
Balletomania describes a real cultural phenomenon—in 19th-century Russia, ballet was so popular that it rivaled opera and literature in cultural importance. The Ballets Russes in the early 1900s caused absolute 'mania' across Europe!
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