Arthur Saint-Léon was a French choreographer, ballet dancer and ballet master, born in 1821 in Paris, who died in 1870. This page lists 5 works credited to Saint-Léon as choreographer, including La Vivandière or Markitenka, The Little Humpbacked Horse and Coppélia.
Biography
Arthur Saint-Léon (17 September 1821, in Paris – 2 September 1870) was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia.
Works choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon
| Title | Type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Coppélia | ballet | 1870 |
| La source | ballet | 1866 |
| La Vivandière or Markitenka | ballet | 1844 |
| Pâquerette | ballet | — |
| The Little Humpbacked Horse | ballet | — |
Contemporaries
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Adèle Dumilâtre
French choreographer
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Adrien
French dancer and choreographer
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Charles Nuitter
French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)
Mademoiselle Ambroisine
French actress and ballet dancer (1811-1882)
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