Louis Mérante was a French choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1828 in Paris, who died in 1887. This page lists 3 works credited to Mérante as choreographer, including Sylvia, Les Deux Pigeons and Les Jumeaux de Bergame.
Biography
Louis Alexandre Mérante (23 July 1828–Courbevoie, 17 July 1887) was a dancer and choreographer, the Maître de Ballet (First Balletmaster/Chief Choreographer) of the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier until its destruction by fire in 1873, and subsequently the first Ballet Master at the company's new Palais Garnier, which opened in 1875. He is best remembered as the choreographer of Léo Delibes' Sylvia, ou la nymphe de Diane (1876). With Arthur Saint-Léon and Jules Perrot, he is one of the three choreographers who defined the French ballet tradition during the Second French Empire and the Third Republic according to choreographer Pierre Lacotte.
Works choreographed by Louis Mérante
| Title | Type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Les Deux Pigeons | ballet | — |
| Les Jumeaux de Bergame | ballet | 1886 |
| Sylvia | ballet | 1876 |
Contemporaries
Charles Nuitter
French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)
Hippolyte Monplaisir
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Adèle Dumilâtre
French choreographer
Arthur Saint-Léon
French ballet dancer (1821–1870)
Armand Silvestre
French poet and conteur (1837-1901)
Ernest Guiraud
French composer and music teacher (1837-1892)
Marius Petipa
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Adrien
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