Jean La Brunière de Médicis (3 November 1791, Bordeaux

Bordeaux

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 - 5 April 1837, Paris), known by the stage name of Ferdinand, was a French ballet dancer.

Life

Premier danseur in the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris from 1813 onwards, Ferdinand played the leads in all its productions until his death. One of the partners of Lise Noblet

Lise Noblet

Marie-Élisabeth Noblet , known by her stage name of Lise Noblet, was a French ballet dancer. She débuted at the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris in 1819 in a pas de deux with Albert, then danced the principal roles in the ballets of Pierre Gardel. She left the Opéra in 1841 on the death of her faithful...

, his notable appearances with her included a tour to London

London

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 in 1824.

In 1826, the author of the Nouvelle biographie théâtrale wrote an acid portrait of Ferdinand:

Main rôles

• 1820 : Le Carnaval de Venise (Louis Milon
  Louis Milon
  Louis-Jacques-Jessé Milon was a French ballet dancer and ballet master.-Life:After some years spent as premier danseur at Paris's Académie royale de Musique, he became ballet master at the Ambigu-Comique, where he had much success with Boulevard plays...
  
  ) : Fabricio
• 1823 : Le Page inconstant (Jean-Pierre Aumer
  Jean-Pierre Aumer
  Jean-Louis Aumer was a French danseur and choreographer, who was born in Strasbourg on 21 April 1774, and who died in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville in July 1833. Educated at the school of the Paris Opera Ballet, he joined the company in 1801 after an initial engagement with Jean Dauberval in Bordeaux...
  
  ) : Figaro
• 1827 : La Somnambule (Aumer) : Edmond
• 1828 : La Muette de Portici
  La muette de Portici
  La muette de Portici originally called Masaniello, ou La muette de Portici, is an opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Germain Delavigne, revised by Eugène Scribe...
  
  (with a ballet by Aumer) : premier danseur
• 1828 : Lydie (Aumer) : a faun
• 1829 : La Belle au bois dormant (Aumer) : Gérard
• 1830 : Manon Lescaut (Aumer) : Des Grieux