Louis Dupré was a French ballet dancer, ballet master

Ballet Master

Ballet Master is the term used for an employee of a ballet company who is responsible for the level of competence of the dancers in their company...

 and ballet teacher.

Life

Probably first dancing in child rôles under the name "petit Dupré", he made his official débuts at the Académie royale de musique in 1714 and became its ballet master in 1739. From 1725 to 1730, he regularly put on productions in London

London

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, Dresden

Dresden

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 and at the Polish court. Until 1743 he was one of the principal professors at the dance school of the Opéra de Paris, where his students included Marie-Anne de Camargo, Gaëtan Vestris

Gaétan Vestris

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, Jean-Georges Noverre

Jean-Georges Noverre

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, Maximilien Gardel

Maximilien Gardel

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 and Jean-Baptiste Hus

Jean-Baptiste Hus

Jean-Baptiste Hus was a French ballet dancer and ballet master. He was the son of François Hus and Françoise-Nicole Gravillon, he was the brother of the future actress Mlle Hus and a member of the large Hus family, an 18th century dynasty of dancers and actors. He was a student of Louis Dupré,...

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Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

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 was one of his devoted admirers. Technically accomplished, he was an emblematic figure of French "belle danse"

Baroque dance

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, and in his time he was called "le Grand Dupré" and "god of the dance".

Collège Louis le Grand

He composed several ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

s for the students of the Collège Louis le Grand

Lycée Louis-le-Grand

The Lycée Louis-le-Grand is a public secondary school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most rigorous in France. Formerly known as the Collège de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage.It offers both a...

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• 1748 : Portrait du Grand Monarque
• 1749 : Catilina
• 1750 : Le Temple de la fortune
• 1751 : Le Génie
• 1754 : Les Spectacles du Parnasse
• 1755 : La Prospérité