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Also Known As Charles-Victor-Arthur Michel Saint-Léon
Born September 17, 1821 • Paris • France
Died September 2, 1870 (aged 48) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study dance notation
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet dancer
Raoul-Auger Feuillet
French dancer
Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
French dancer and choreographer
Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Jean Coralli, engraving by Charles Vogt, c. 1852.
Jean Coralli
French dancer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Suzanne Théodore Vaillande Douvillier
American dancer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Marie Sallé, engraving after Nicolas Lancret.
Marie Sallé
French dancer
Dauberval, with Mlle Allard, in Sylvie, 1766; wood engraving by Jules Huyot, 19th century, after a contemporary work by an unknown artist
Jean Dauberval
French dancer
Charles Didelot
French dancer
Jean-Georges Noverre
Jean-Georges Noverre
French choreographer and dancer
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Karen Kain
Canadian ballet dancer