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Arthur Saint-Léon

1821 - 1870

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Arthur Saint-Léon (17 September 1821, in Paris – 2 September 1870) was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Saint-Léon is the 50th most popular dancer (down from 42nd in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from France (down from 2,721st in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Arthur Saint-Léon ranks 50 out of 116. Before him are Zizi Jeanmaire, Léonide Massine, Frederick Ashton, Pierina Legnani, Gaétan Vestris, and Jiří Kylián. After him are Enrico Cecchetti, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, Kurt Jooss, and Jean Coralli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Arthur Saint-Léon ranks 54. Before him are Vasile Alecsandri, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Josip Runjanin, Clara Barton, Champfleury, and Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain. After him are Octave Feuillet, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Aleksey Pisemsky, Karol Mikuli, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1870, Arthur Saint-Léon ranks 35. Before him are Friedrich Boie, Victor de Broglie, Paul-Émile Botta, Charles Xavier Thomas, Pieter Bleeker, and Karel Jaromír Erben. After him are Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Alexei Lvov, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, and James Young Simpson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Arthur Saint-Léon ranks 3,155 out of 6,770. Before him are Amédée Courbet (1827), Antoine Caron (1521), Théodore Steeg (1868), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Dominique Lapierre (1931), and Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755). After him are Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629), Gabriel Bibron (1805), Bénézet (1165), Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391), Suzanne Flon (1918), and Marguerite Durand (1864).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Arthur Saint-Léon ranks 10. Before him are Jules Perrot (1810), Liane de Pougy (1869), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), La Goulue (1866), Roland Petit (1924), and Zizi Jeanmaire (1924). After him are Jean Coralli (1779), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Yvette Chauviré (1917), and Sylvie Guillem (1965).

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