Charles Le Picq was an influential French dancer and choreographer.

Le Picq was a pupil of Jean Georges Noverre (1727–1810), one of the creators of modern ballet (ballet d'action). He was called the Apollo

Apollo

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

of the dance and performed in many countries, such as France, Austria, Russia and Spain. His stepson (his wife's son) was the famous architect Carlo Rossi (architect)

Carlo Rossi (architect)

Carlo di Giovanni Rossi, was an Italian architect, who worked the major portion of his life in Russia. He was the author of many classical buildings and architectural ensembles in Saint Petersburg and its environments...

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