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Born April 29, 1727 • Paris • France
Died October 19, 1810 (aged 83) • Saint-Germain-en-Laye • France
Subjects Of Study ballet

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Raoul-Auger Feuillet
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Carlo Blasis
Carlo Blasis
Italian ballet teacher
Gasparo Angiolini
Italian choreographer and composer
Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi
Jules Perrot
French dancer and choreographer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French dancer and musician
Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Jean Coralli, engraving by Charles Vogt, c. 1852.
Jean Coralli
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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
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Pierre Beauchamp
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Charles Didelot
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Pina Bausch
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Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
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