Jean Dauberval and Carlo Blasis

Jean Dauberval was born in France in 1742. He is a world wide known French ballet

dancer and choreographer. Much of his style was learned from his teacher Noverre but did

much to disseminate his teacher’s ideas on the ballet d’action (ballet with a plot). Dauberval

was best known as the inventor of the comedy ballet. Dauberval’s genre was during the Pre-

Romantic Ballet. The types of dance he worked with during this time was:

character or better known as the movement of another nationality, ethnic group, social

class,dances of character or portraying specific historical character, and demi-Character which

was Ballet with folk style. Dauberval made his first appearnce at the Paris Academie (now

Opera) and became noted for his pantomimic dance ability. In 1773 he became an assitant

ballet master. In 1783 he went on as a dancer to Bordeaux where h...