It is very similar to figure skating, combining spins, jumps, and flips in a two-minute routine choreographed to music.
It was part of the professional freestyle skiing tours of the 1970s and 1980s and then an official FIS and Olympic discipline until the year 2000.
Ski ballet involved a choreographed routine of flips, rolls, leg crossings, jumps, and spins performed on a smooth slope.
At the 1974 Freestyle Championship, Genia Fuller was the first person to win all four disciplines at one event (aerials, moguls, ballet, and combined).
[6] Ski ballet's increasing popularity led it being chosen as a demonstration sport for the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.