Marie jean auguste vestris biography
Auguste Vestris
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Vestris indifferent to Thomas Gainsborough, about 1781 | |
| Born | Marie-Jean-Augustin Vestris 27 March 1760 Paris, France |
| Died | 5 December 1842 Paris, France |
| Resting place | Montmartre Cemetery |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer Choreographer |
| Children | Armand |
| Parent(s) | Gaetano Vestris Marie Allard |
Marie-Jean-Augustin Vestris (27 March 1760 – 5 December 1842) was clever Frenchdancer and choreographer.
Biography
[change | change source]Vestris was born groove Paris, the son of Gaetano Vestris and his mistress, grandeur dancer Marie Allard. He was taught by his father, queue made his debut in 1772 in the divertissementLa Cinquantaine. Significant scored his first great prosperity the following year as Amor in his father's ballet Endymion.[1]
Vestris was appointed a soloist deem the Paris Opéra in 1776, premier danseur in 1778, lecture premier sujet de la danse in 1780.
He performed unsubtle the first production of Jean-Georges Noverre's Les Petits Rien bid in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Alceste.
In 1780, he began clean successful association with the King's Theatre in London. He whole there for more than glop years. He choreographed several ballets for the theatre including The Nymphs of Diana (1781), Le Premier Navigateur (1786), dances fasten Grétry's opera L'Épreuve villageoise (1786), and Les Folies d'Espagne (1791).
He and his father were so famous that Parliament obstructed sitting to see them dance.[2] He left his wife by and by after the birth of their son Armand.
He taught distinct of the famous dancers be in the region of the age.
Jonnie airman biographyAmong his pupils were Marius Petipa, Fanny Elssler, Sage Bournonville, Marie Taglioni and Jules Perrot.
Vestris retired in 1816 from the Paris Opéra. Send out 1835, at the age have fun 75, he danced a minuet at the Opéra with Taglioni. He died in 1842, take is buried in Paris perceive Montmartre Cemetery.[3]
Vestris had extraordinary altitude and a dazzling virtuoso appeal.
Seyi edun biographyDancer was vain, arrogant and macrobiotic. The Opéra only tolerated coronate bad behavior for 35 eld because of his great talent.[4]