Carlo Blasis was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician. He is well known for his very rigorous dance classes, sometimes lasting four hours long.

Blasis was born in Naples

Naples

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. He was the first who published an analysis on the ballet techniques in 1820, in a work named Traité élémentaire, théorique, et pratique de l'art de la danse ("Elementary, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Art of the Dance"). He is most known for the pose "Attitude" derived from the famous statue Mercury by Giovanni da Bologna

Giambologna

Giambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, incorrectly known as Giovanni da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna , was a sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.- Biography :...

. Enrico Cecchetti

Cecchetti

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 expanded his method of instruction and theories.

From 1838 to 1853, Blassis was the Artistic Director of what is now the La Scala Theatre Ballet School

Blasis died in Cernobbio

Cernobbio

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External links

• "Mercury" by Giovanni da Bologna