Famous French Choreographers: 181 Biographies
Biographies of notable french choreographers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
François Klaus
French ballet dancer
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810)
Claude-François Ménestrier
French heraldist, Jesuit, courtier (1631-1705)
Pauline Leroux
French ballet dancer
Antonio Rinaldi
Italian dancer and choreographer
André Messager
French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)
Françoise Prévost
French ballet dancer (1680-1741)
Antoine Houdar de La Motte
French author (1672–1731)
August Bournonville
Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)
Sophie Calle
French artist (born 1953)
Reynaldo Hahn
Venezuelan-French composer (1874-1947)
Auguste Vestris
French dancer (1760-1842)
Philippe Decouflé
Theatre director, dancer, choreographer, writer
Mademoiselle Ambroisine
French actress and ballet dancer (1811-1882)
Daniel François Esprit Auber
French composer (1782-1871)
Ferdinand Hérold
French composer (1791–1833)
Karine Saporta
French choreographer
Nicolas Zverev
Russian-French dancer and ballet master
André-Joseph Exaudet
French composer
Paul Dukas
French composer (1865–1935)
Louis Alexandre Piccinni
French composer
Germain Quériau
French choreographer
Antonine Meunier
French choreographer (1877-1972)
Aurélie Dupont
French ballerina
Christiane Vaussard
French ballerina
Valentine de Saint-Point
artist (1875-1953)
Bartabas
French squire, director, scenographer, director and pedagogue
Armand Vestris
French choreographer
Jean Puget de la Serre
French author and dramatist (1594-1665)
Josephine Sainte-Claire
French ballet dancer
Wilfride Piollet
French dancer (1943-2015)
Angelique Kidjo
Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960)
Jean-Baptiste Lully fils
French Baroque composer
Patrick Dupond
French choreographer (1959–2021)
Béatrice Massin
French choreographer
Raoul Auger Feuillet
French choreographer
Pierre Rameau
French dancer
Bertrand Castelli
French artist and ballet producer (1929-2008)
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
French composer, patron, writer and fermier général (1734–1794)
Claude Pujade-Renaud
French writer and choreographer (1932–2024)
Josette Amiel
French ballet dancer and dance teacher
Jean-Louis Lully
French Baroque composer (1667-1688)
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Louis Fuzelier
French playwright, librettist, lyricist and singer
Benjamin Millepied
French dancer and choreographer
Françoise Dupuy
Dancer
Dora Maar
French photographer and painter (1907–1997)
Alexander Placide
French circus entertainer
Marguerite Lai
French Polynesian dance choreographer
Dimitri Chamblas
French choreographer
Karin Waehner
French choreographer (1926-1999)
Pascal Collasse
French composer (1649-1709)
Claire Motte
French ballet dancer, dance teacher and choreographer
Emmanuel Thibault
French ballet dancer
Janine Charrat
French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)
Raphaëlle Boitel
French circus performer, contortionist, acrobat, actress, theatre director, and choreographer
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Gab Sorère
French visual artist and choreographer
Lise Noblet
ballet dancer (1801–1852)
Violette Verdy
ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)
Jean-Baptiste Hus
French dancer and ballet master
Adolphe Blaise
French actor, conductor, choreographer and composer (-1772)
Antoine Pitrot
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Michel François Hoguet
French Ballet dancer and choreographer (1793-1871)
Jacques Heim
French choreographer
Nicolas-Médard Audinot
French actor (1732-1801)
Jean-Claude Trial
composer (1732-1771)
François Colin de Blamont
French composer
Colette Brosset
French actress (1922-2007)
Laurent Hilaire
French ballet dancer
Colette Marchand
French dancer and actress (1925-2015)
Pierre Droulers
choreographer, dancer
Paul Ladmirault
French composer (1877–1944)
Claude Balon
French dancer
Marie-Madeleine Guimard
French ballerina (1743-1816)
Oscar Poigny
French choreographer
François de Chancy
French composer
Mathilde Monnier
French choreographer
Jacques Lecoq
French drama teacher (1921-1999)
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer and choreographer
Pascal Touzeau
French choreographer
Boris Knyazev
choreographer
Jeanine Claes
French artist, dancer, choreographer and teacher
Jacques Aubert
French composer and violinist
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet choreographer, dancer and composer
Ivan Clustine
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1862–1941)
Angiolo Vestris
France-Italian ballet dancer
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
Armand Silvestre
French poet and conteur (1837-1901)
René Blum
French theatre impresario (1878–1942)
Marie-Thérèse Walter
cohabitant of Pablo Picasso (1909–1977)
Alexandre Benois
Russian artist (1870–1960)
Claude Brumachon
French choreographer
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Iranian dancer
Polly Cuninghame
Dutch ballerina
Michel de Bonneval
French choreographer and librettist
Adrien
French dancer and choreographer
Olivier Gruner
French actor and kickboxer
Eugène Bozza
French composer (1905–1991)
Jeanne Chasles
French dancer and choreographer (1869-1939)
Albert Roussel
French composer (1869–1937)
André Campra
French composer and conductor (1660-1744)
Georges Auric
French composer
Jacqueline Rayet
French choreographer
Josua Hoffalt
French choreographer
Isabelle Guérin
Paris Opera Ballet dancer
Pierre Gardel
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1758-1840)
Geneviève Laporte
French artists' model (1926-2012)
Joseph Mazilier
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1801–1868)
Victor Roger
French composer
Jean-Baptiste Pitrot
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Monique Loudières
French ballet dancer, teacher
Irina Grjebine
Russian ballet dancer
Jean-Marie Leclair
French Baroque violinist and composer
Jean-Louis Costes
French actor and musician
Germaine Acogny
French-Senegalese choreographer
Jules Perrot
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1810–1892)
Jean Babilée
French ballet dancer (1923–2014)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
French composer (1689-1755)
Gustave Dugazon
French composer and choreographer
Jérémie Bélingard
French choreographer
Odile Duboc
French choreographer (1941–2010)
Olha Khokhlova
Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)
Jacques de Belleville
French choreographer and composer
Samuel Murez
Franco-American director, choreographer, film-maker, editor, composer, producer, and dancer
Yvette Chauviré
French ballet dancer (1917–2016)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
German-French gallerist, art dealer and historian (1884-1979)
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Pierre Sancan
French musician (1916–2008)
Jean Françaix
French composer and pianist (1912–1997)
Manuel Legris
French ballet dancer
François Perron
French ballet dancer
Thoinot Arbeau
French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)
Antoine Boësset
French musician (1587-1643)
Eugène Hus
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Alice Renavand
French ballet dancer
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
Ernest Guiraud
French composer and music teacher (1837-1892)
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
French composer and harpist
Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx
Italian/French composer and musician
Michel de la Barre
French composer and flautist
Jacqueline Roque
French model (1926-1986)
Shy'm
French singer, songwriter and actress
Milorad Mišković
Serbian ballet dancer and choreographer (1928–2013)
Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Éric Koloko
choreographer, Olympic gymnast
Étienne Decroux
French actor and mime (1898–1991)
Abbé de La Marre
French choreographer and librettist
Adolphe Nourrit
French opera singer (1802-1839)
Dominique Dupuy
French dancer, choreographer
André Prokovsky
Russian dancer and choreographer (1939-2009)
Adèle Dumilâtre
French choreographer
Pierre Montan Berton
French composer and conductor
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
French ballet dancer, choreographer and instructor
Dominique Mercy
French dancer
Madeleine Moua
French Polynesian dance troupe leader
Louis-Guillaume Pécour
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Isaac Alvarez
French choreographer, mime artist and actor (1930–2020)
Henri Tomasi
French composer and conductor (1901–1971)
Olga Preobrajenska
Prima ballerina and ballet teacher (1871–1962)
Eva Gouel
French choreographer, Paintor. Picasso partner (1885–1915)
Jean Coralli
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1779-1854)
Lycette Darsonval
French dancer (1912–1996)
Alexandre Luigini
French composer (1850–1906)
Théodore Labarre
French musician (1805-1870)
Myriam Ould-Braham
ballet dancer
Mathilde Froustey
French choreographer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French ballet dancer (1821–1870)
Fanny Bias
ballet dancer (Paris Opera)
Yanis Marshall
French dancer and choreographer
Marie-Agnès Gillot
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Nathaniel Méchaly
French composer and choreographer
Charles Nuitter
French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)
Marie Sallé
French ballet dancer
Roland Petit
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Pierre Lacotte
French choreographer (1932-2023)
Coco Hotahota
French Polynesian dancer