Joseph Mazilier was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as Giulio Mazarini. He was most noted for his ballets Paquita and Le Corsaire. He created the role of Jame
Joseph Mazilier in c. 1860
Mazilier in La Tempête (1835), engraved by Maleuvre
Le Diable à quatre is a ballet in two acts and three scenes, with choreography by Joseph Mazilier, music by Adolphe Adam, and libretto by Adolphe de Leuven, first presented by the Ballet of the Académ
Frontispiece from a piano reduction of pieces taken from the Mazilier/Adam Le Diable à quatre, 1845. The frontispiece depicts, from left to right, Lucien Petipa, Jean Coralli, Carlotta Grisi, Maria Mazilier, and Joseph Mazilier.
Aleksander Tarnowski as the Count and Konstancja Turczynowicz as the Peasant, 1847
Marie Surovshchikova-Petipa as Mazourka, St. Petersburg, 1861
Act II-Scene 3, with Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa, Paris, 1845