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Jean-Georges Noverre ( April 29 , 1727 – November 19 , 1810 ) was a French Dancer and Ballet Master , and is considered to be the creator of modern Ballet . His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day . He first performed at Fontainebleau in 1743 , and in 1747 composed his first ballet for the Opéra-Comique . In 1748 he was invited to Berlin by Prince Henry Of Prussia , but went to Strasbourg where he stayed until 1750. He then went to Lyon. In 1755 he was invited by Garrick to London , where he remained for two years. Between 1758 and 1760 he produced several ballets at Lyons , and published his '' Lettres Sur La Danse Et Les Ballets ''. It is from this period that the revolution in the art of the ballet for which Noverre was responsible can be dated. He was next engaged by Duke Karl Eugen Of Württemberg , and later Austria n Empress Maria Theresa , until 1774 . In 1775 , he was appointed ''maître des ballets'' of the Paris Opera at the request of Queen Marie Antoinette . He returned to Vienna in Spring of 1776 to stage ballets there but in June 1776 he returned again to Paris. He regained this post until the French Revolution reduced him to poverty. He died on November 19, 1810, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye . Noverre's friends included Voltaire , Mozart , Frederick The Great and David Garrick (who called him "the Shakespeare of the dance"). The ballets of which he was most proud were his ''La Toilette de Venus'', ''Les Jalousies du sérail'', ''La dour corsaire'' and ''Le Jaloux sans rival''. Besides the letters, Noverre wrote ''Observations sur la construction d'une nouvelle salle de l'Opéra'' ( 1781 ); ''Lettres sur Garrick écrites a Voltaire'' ( 1801 ); and ''Lettre à un artiste sur les flies publiques'' ( 1801 ). REFERENCE |
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