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Also Known As Jean Ballon
Born 1676 • Paris • France
Died 1739 (aged 63) • Paris • France
Auguste Vestris
French dancer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
French dancer and choreographer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French dancer and musician
Erik Satie
Erik Satie
French composer
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
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Roussel, pen drawing by A. Bilis, 1929; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Albert Roussel
French composer
Roland Petit
French dancer and choreographer
Darius Milhaud
French composer
Dukas
Paul Dukas
French composer
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
French composer
Suzanne Théodore Vaillande Douvillier
American dancer
Violette Verdy
Violette Verdy
French ballerina