Joseph Mazilier (1 March 1801 in
Marseilles
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– 19 May 1868 in
Paris
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) was a 19th-century French dancer,
balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as ''Giulio Mazarini''. He was most noted for his ballets ''
Paquita'' (1844) and ''
Le Corsaire'' (1856). He created the role of James in ''
La Sylphide
''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. ...
'' with
Marie Taglioni
Marie Taglioni, Comtesse de Voisins (23 April 1804 – 22 April 1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era partially of Italian descent, a central figure in the history of European dance. She spent most of her life in t ...
.
Marie Guy-Stéphan
Marie-Antoinette Guy-Stéphan (18 November 1818 - 20 August 1873) was a French dancer who triumphed at Spanish theaters between 1843 and 1851.
Richard Ford, travel writer, arrived in Spain in 1830 and wrote about the rivalry between Guy-Stéphan ...
debuted in ''Aelia et Mysis'' at the
Paris Opéra
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when she moved in 1853 to
Paris
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.
Ballets
*''
La Gypsy'' (1839)
*''La Vendetta'' (1839)
*''
Le Diable Amoureux'' (1840)
*''Lady Henrietta, or the Servant of Greenwich'' (''Lady Henriette, ou la Servante de Greenwich'') (1944)
*''
Le Diable à Quatre'' (1845)
*''
Paquita'' (1846)
*''Betty'' (1846)
*''Griseldis, ou les Cinq sens'' (1848)
*''Vert-vert'' (''Green-Green'') (1851)
*''Orfa'' (1852)
*''Aelia et Mysis, ou l'Atellane'' (1853)
*''Jovita, ou les Boucaniers'' (1853)
*''La Fonti'' (1855)
*''
Le Corsaire'' (1856)
*''Les Elfes'' (1856)
*''
Marco Spada ou La Fille du Bandit'' (1857)
*''Une fête au port'' (1867)
Roles
*James in ''
La Sylphide
''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. ...
'' by Filippo Taglioni in 1832
*Fernando in ''La Tempête'' by Jean Coralli in 1834
*Stenio in ''La Gypsy'' in 1839
Other ballet posts
*Master of the
Paris Opera Ballet from 1839 until 1851.
*Master of the
Saint Petersburg Ballet from 1851 until 1852
*Master of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1852 until 1857.
*Master of the Lyon Ballet from 1862 until 1866
*Master of ballet at the
Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
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in Brussels from 1866 until 1867
References
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1808 births
1868 deaths
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