Maximilien Gardel
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Maximilien Gardel was a French ballet dancer and choreographer of German descent.
Maximilien Gardel
Jean Dauberval
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Jean Dauberval or Jean D'Auberval was a French dancer and ballet master. He is most noted for creating the ballet, La fille mal gardée, one of the most enduring and popular works of the ballet reperto
Maximilien Gardel
…Castor et Pollux, he danced with neither mask nor wig (then judged unimaginable) so as not to be confused with the other dancer. In 1773, Gardel, with Jean Dauberval, became Vestris' assistant as ballet master. In 1781, Gardel took over the position (succeeding Noverre). Upon Gardel's death in 1787, his brother…
Lithograph, c. 1790