Jean-Georges Noverre
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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 ob
Perronneau, 1764, Louvre
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
Marie Sallé
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Marie Sallé was a French dancer and choreographer in the 18th century known for her expressive, dramatic performances rather than a series of "leaps and frolics" typical of ballet of her time.
Jean-Georges Noverre
…de Vénus, and Les Jalousies du sérail, received great success. Noverre was most immediately influenced by Jean-Philippe Rameau, David Garrick, and Marie Sallé. Rameau was a very influential French composer and music theorist, and Noverre was inspired by his dance music that combined programmatic and strongly…
Sallé, c. 1730, after Nicolas Lancret
Marie Sallé, by Maurice Quentin de La Tour