196:
20:
188:. The painting marked the beginning of Dégas' long infatuation with the ballet, but though he had sketched the individual dancers, and the practice room in the company's old premises in the
293:
376:
366:
306:
265:
162:. But other ballets, with a mime libretto whose authors normally shared credit with Mérante, are perhaps an irretrievably lost part of ballet history:
184:
included the figure of Mérante, in an immaculate white suit, with the traditional baton for beating time on the floorboards, in his 1872 painting
195:
371:
361:
326:
346:
228:
in 1857-1863), whose father Joseph
Richard was a French ballet dancer who had come to Russia in 1823 with his niece (or sister)
341:
336:
331:
300:
146:
119:, a ballet-pantomime that premiered November 26, 1877 and had as librettists for the mimed action the team of
269:
229:
178:
and Mérante, to music by Th. de
Lajarte, and others, produced season after season for the Opéra Garnier.
77:
19:
167:
356:
351:
73:
65:
50:
until its destruction by fire in 1873, and subsequently the first Ballet Master at the company's new
151:
221:
159:
43:
26:
225:
212:
189:
155:
128:
124:
47:
96:, with whom he figured on the six-member select jury of the first annual competition for the
245:
72:, he is one of the three choreographers who defined the French ballet tradition during the
175:
97:
60:
158:
has been revived with new choreography, as a showpiece for the youngest dancers of the
105:
81:
55:
51:
192:, with its great arched mirror, he was not permitted to attend a rehearsal in person.
320:
132:
120:
93:
233:
69:
200:
181:
38:(23 July 1828–Courbevoie, 17 July 1887) was a dancer and choreographer, the
131:
and had recently delivered a libretto on a similarly
Spanish theme to
54:, which opened in 1875. He is best remembered as the choreographer of
137:
100:, held on 13 April 1860. The jury included the director of the new
194:
18:
16:
Ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
24:Louis Mérante as Djémil in the Saint-Léon/Delibes
207:, which shows the Balletmaster rehearsing in the
42:(First Balletmaster/Chief Choreographer) of the
205:Foyer de Danse à l'Opéra de la rue Le Peletier
301:Concours Annuel du Corps de ballet de l'Opéra
8:
257:
220:Wife (in 1861): the Russian ballerina
92:Born in Paris, Mérante was a pupil of
377:Paris Opera Ballet artistic directors
7:
367:19th-century French ballet dancers
104:, as well as the former ballerina
14:
266:"B.co Pierre Lacotte Interview"
1:
307:Interview with Pierre Lacotte
170:, choreographed by Mérante;
61:Sylvia, ou la nymphe de Diane
127:, who provided librettos to
80:according to choreographer
393:
372:Paris Opera Ballet étoiles
327:French male ballet dancers
174:, "ballet-arlequinade" by
166:, "ballet fantastique" by
347:French ballet librettists
362:Ballets by Louis Mérante
203:included Mérante in his
36:Louis Alexandre Mérante
217:
172:Les Jumeaux de Bergame
115:Mérante choreographed
108:, its guiding spirit.
102:Conservatoire de danse
32:
342:French choreographers
337:Ballet choreographers
332:French ballet masters
303:(pdf file; in French)
198:
150:, after the fable by
22:
74:Second French Empire
230:Félicité Hullin Sor
218:
160:Paris Opera Ballet
44:Paris Opera Ballet
33:
213:Salle Le Peletier
209:Foyer de la Danse
190:Salle Le Peletier
186:Le foyer de danse
66:Arthur Saint-Léon
48:Salle Le Peletier
384:
281:
280:
278:
277:
268:. Archived from
262:
232:and her husband
147:Les Deux Pigeons
40:Maître de Ballet
392:
391:
387:
386:
385:
383:
382:
381:
317:
316:
311:Ballet Magazine
290:
285:
284:
275:
273:
264:
263:
259:
254:
242:
222:Zinaida Richard
216:
176:Charles Nuitter
168:François Coppée
98:Corps de ballet
90:
31:
17:
12:
11:
5:
390:
388:
380:
379:
374:
369:
364:
359:
354:
349:
344:
339:
334:
329:
319:
318:
315:
314:
304:
298:
289:
288:External links
286:
283:
282:
256:
255:
253:
250:
249:
248:
241:
238:
199:
156:André Messager
154:, to music by
125:Ludovic Halévy
106:Marie Taglioni
89:
86:
82:Pierre Lacotte
78:Third Republic
52:Palais Garnier
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
389:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
345:
343:
340:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
324:
322:
312:
308:
305:
302:
299:
297:
296:
292:
291:
287:
272:on 2006-12-06
271:
267:
261:
258:
251:
247:
244:
243:
239:
237:
235:
231:
227:
223:
214:
210:
206:
202:
197:
193:
191:
187:
183:
179:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
148:
142:
140:
139:
134:
133:Georges Bizet
130:
126:
122:
121:Henri Meilhac
118:
114:
109:
107:
103:
99:
95:
94:Lucien Petipa
87:
85:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
64:(1876). With
63:
62:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
30:, Paris, 1866
29:
28:
21:
310:
294:
274:. Retrieved
270:the original
260:
234:Fernando Sor
224:(Mlle Zina,
219:
208:
204:
185:
180:
171:
164:La Korrigane
163:
145:
144:His ballet,
143:
136:
116:
112:
110:
101:
91:
70:Jules Perrot
59:
39:
35:
34:
25:
357:1887 deaths
352:1828 births
313:August 2000
295:Le Fandango
201:Edgar Degas
182:Edgar Degas
152:La Fontaine
117:Le Fandango
56:Léo Delibes
321:Categories
276:2006-11-28
252:References
111:Following
129:Offenbach
88:Biography
27:La Source
240:See also
76:and the
211:of the
46:at the
226:étoile
215:, 1872
138:Carmen
113:Sylvia
309:from
246:Leap!
123:and
68:and
323::
236:.
141:.
84:.
58:'
279:.
135:—
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.