André Isidore Carey (c. 1790, Paris – ?) was a French ballet dancer. A student of Auguste Vestris, he arrived in

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in 1815 as premier danseur in the

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until 1823. He débuted in December 1815 in ''

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'' by

Jean Dauberval Jean Dauberval, a.k.a. Jean D’Auberval, (born Jean Bercher in Montpellier, 19 August 1742 – Tours, 14 February 1806), was a French dancer and ballet master. He is most noted for creating the ballet, ''La fille mal gardée'', one of the m ...

, choreographed by Jean-Baptiste Brulo and with a company also including

Sophie Daguin Sophie Marguerite Daguin (26 March 1801 – 13 March 1881) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer. She spent her career in Sweden, where she became a star ballerina and ballet mistress of the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the principal of th ...

. In 1820, he succeeded

Filippo Taglioni Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an Italian dancer and choreographer and personal teacher to his own daughter, Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni. (He had another child who also danced ballet ...

as ballet master and dance director. After leaving Sweden, Carey danced and choreographed in Warsaw during the 1823–24 season. From December 1823 to April 1824, he staged four ballets on the stage of the National Theater in Warsaw: ''New Narcissus'', ''

'', ''Le Barbier de Séville'' and ''Return from the War.'' He was accompanied by his wife, Joséphine Sainte-Claire, as the first dancer of the Warsaw company. Later he also worked in Milan and Naples in 1828–29, Moscow in 1838 and finally setting up home in Amsterdam, where he was partner to Madame Montessu. His date of retirement is unknown. For a long while he corresponded with

August Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the ne ...

who was teaching Carey's sons Gustave and Édouard. He married the French ballerina Josephine Sainte-Claire in Stockholm in 1821.Fredrik August Dahlgren (in Swedish): Förteckning öfver svenska skådespel uppförda på Stockholms theatrar 1737–1863 och Kongl. Theatrarnes personal 1773–1863. Med flera anteckningar.

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