Jean La Brunière de Médicis (3 November 1791 in
Bordeaux
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– 5 April 1837 in Paris), known by the stage name of Ferdinand, was a French ballet dancer.
Life
Premier danseur
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A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that of '' soloist''; however, p ...
in the
Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
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from 1813 onwards, Ferdinand played the leads in all its productions until his death. One of the partners of
Lise Noblet
Marie-Élisabeth Noblet (24 November 1801 in Paris – September 1852 in Paris), known by her stage name of Lise Noblet, was a French ballet dancer. She débuted at the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris in 1819 in a pas de deux with Albert, then d ...
, his notable appearances with her included a tour to
London
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in 1824.
In 1826, the author of the ''Nouvelle biographie théâtrale'' wrote an acid portrait of Ferdinand:
Main rôles
* 1820 : ''Le Carnaval de Venise'' (
Louis Milon
Louis-Jacques-Jessé Milon (18 April 1766 – 26 November 1849)Life dates are according to Babsky 1998, p. 422, who also says that there is some uncertainty: he may have been born in 1765 or 1769, and may have died in 1845. was a French ballet danc ...
) : Fabricio
* 1823 : ''Le Page inconstant'' (
Jean-Pierre Aumer
Jean-Louis Aumer (21 April 1774 – 6 July 1833), also referred to as Jean-Pierre Aumer, was a French ballet dancer and choreographer.
Early life and career as a dancer
Aumer was born in Strasbourg of a manual labourer and non-theatrical parents ...
) : Figaro
* 1827 : ''
La Somnambule'' (Aumer) : Edmond
* 1828 : ''
La Muette de Portici
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...
'' (with a ballet by Aumer) : premier danseur
* 1828 : ''Lydie'' (Aumer) : a faun
* 1829 : ''
La Belle au bois dormant
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
'' (Aumer) : Gérard
* 1830 : ''
Manon Lescaut
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'' (Aumer) : Des Grieux
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1791 births
1837 deaths
19th-century French ballet dancers
French male ballet dancers
Entertainers from Bordeaux
Paris Opera Ballet étoiles