Léo Staats (1877 - 1952) was a French dancer, choreographer and director.
Life and career
Léo Staats studied ballet with Francis Merante, a dancer at the
Paris Opera
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, and reportedly made his debut in 1887. In 1908 he became Ballet Master at the Paris Opera. From 1926-28 he served as the first choreographer for shows at the
Roxy movie palace in
New York City
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. His choreography style was described as Neo-classical.
Works
Selected works include:
*''La nuit de Valpurgis (Faust)'' (1908, Gounod)
*''Namouna'' (1908, Lalo)
*''Javotte'' (1909, Saint-Saëns)
*''Espana'' (1911, Chabrier)
*''Les folies françaises ou Les Dominos'' (1911, Couperin)
*''Les abeilles'' (1917, Stravinsky)
*''Taglioni chez Musette'' (1920, Auber, Boieldieu, Meyerbeer, Weckerlin)
*''Frivolant'' (1922, Poueigh)
*''
Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied ''Cydalise et le chèvre-pied'' ("Cydalise and the goat-foot" or "Cydalise and the satyr") is a two-act ballet originally choreographed by Léo Staats to a score by Gabriel Pierné. The libretto was written by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert d ...
'' (1923, Pierné)
*''La nuit ensorcelée'' (1923, Chopin)
*''Siang-Sin'' (1923, Huë)
*''Istar'' (1924, D'Indy)
*''Soir de fête'' (1925, Delibes)
*''Orphée'' (1926, Ducasse)
*''La prêtresse de Koridwen'' (1926, Ladmirault)
*''Impressions de music-hall'' (1926, Pierné)
*''L'écran des jeunes filles'' (1929, Roland-Manuel)
*''Le rustre imprudent'' (1931, Fouret)
*''
Un jardin sur l'Oronte'' (1932, Bachelet)
*''Roselinde'' (1933, Hirschmann)
*''Le rouet d'Armor'' (1936, Piriou)
*''Iléana'' (1936, Bertrand)
References
French choreographers
French ballet masters
Ballet choreographers
Paris Opera Ballet étoiles
French male ballet dancers
1877 births
1952 deaths
Paris Opera Ballet artistic directors
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