Famous French Ballet Masters: 32 Biographies
Biographies of notable french ballet masters, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810)
Antoine Houdar de La Motte
French author (1672–1731)
August Bournonville
Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)
Karine Saporta
French choreographer
Nicolas Zverev
Russian-French dancer and ballet master
Aurélie Dupont
French ballerina
Armand Vestris
French choreographer
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Jean-Baptiste Hus
French dancer and ballet master
Michel François Hoguet
French Ballet dancer and choreographer (1793-1871)
Laurent Hilaire
French ballet dancer
Claude Balon
French dancer
Boris Knyazev
choreographer
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet choreographer, dancer and composer
Ivan Clustine
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1862–1941)
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
Pierre Gardel
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1758-1840)
Jean-Marie Leclair
French Baroque violinist and composer
Jules Perrot
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1810–1892)
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Louis-Guillaume Pécour
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Jean Coralli
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1779-1854)
Natalia Trukhanova
French ballet dancer of Ukrainian origin (1885–1956)
Arthur Saint-Léon
French ballet dancer (1821–1870)
Marie Sallé
French ballet dancer
Roland Petit
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Pierre Lacotte
French choreographer (1932-2023)