Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810) · France · On the map · Died at 83
Jean-Georges Noverre was a French dancer and ballet master, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.
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Pas-de-trois in Ludwigsburg porcelain, c. 1763, one of a series of groups probably directly taken from Noverre's ballets
Les Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets, Lyon 1760
Another Ludwigsburg porcelain group, 1760-63
Noverre: frontispiece of Lettres sur les arts imitateurs, Paris, Collin, The Hague, Immerzeel, 1807About this person
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France
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Deceased
Dates
Lived 1727 to 1810 · aged 83