Key facts
- Born
- ( 1727-04-29 ) 29 April 1727, France
- Died
- 19 October 1810 (1810-10-19) (aged 83), Saint-Germain-en-Laye , France
- Occupation
- Dancer
- Former groups
- Paris Opera Ballet
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Occupation
- librettist
- Employer
- Opéra-Comique
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- choreography
- Image
- Jean-Georges Noverre.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1727-04-29
- date of death
- 1810-10-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean-Georges Noverre ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒɔʁʒ nɔvɛʁ]; 29 April 1727 – 19 October 1810) was a French dancer and ballet master, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.
His first professional appearances occurred as a youth in Paris at the Opéra-Comique, at Fontainebleau, in Berlin before Frederick II and his brother Prince Henry of Prussia, in Dresden and Strasburg. In 1747 he moved to Strasbourg, where he remained until 1750 before moving to Lyon. In 1751, he composed his first great work, Les Fêtes Chinoises for Marseilles. The work was revived in Paris in 1754 to great acclaim. In 1755, he was invited by Garrick to London, where he remained for two years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jean-Georges Noverre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.