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Carlo Blasis

1797 - 1878

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Carlo Blasis (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo ˈblaːzis]; 4 November 1797 – 15 January 1878) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician born in Naples. He is well known for his very rigorous dance classes, sometimes lasting four hours long. He danced in France, Italy, London and Russia. Blasis insisted that his students learn theories and definitions of dance steps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Blasis is the 25th most popular dancer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,529th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,451st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Carlo Blasis ranks 25 out of 116. Before him are George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, Alicia Alonso, Izumo no Okuni, Galina Ulanova, and Bronislava Nijinska. After him are Mary Wigman, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Olga Khokhlova, August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, and Liane de Pougy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Carlo Blasis ranks 23. Before him are Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Alfred de Vigny, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and Wilhelm Beer. After him are Carl Gustaf Mosander, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Manuela Sáenz, James Ferguson, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini. Among people deceased in 1878, Carlo Blasis ranks 27. Before him are Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carl von Rokitansky, George Gilbert Scott, Mercedes of Orléans, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, and Mariam Baouardy. After him are Robert Stirling, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Mindon Min, Mohammed bin Thani, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, and Karl Gutzkow.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Blasis ranks 1,529 out of 5,161. Before him are Giles of Rome (1243), Prince Louis, Count of Trani (1838), Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Stefano di Giovanni (1392), Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), and Marco Materazzi (1973). After him are Carlo Maratta (1625), Paolo Boi (1528), Alessandro Stradella (1643), Coluccio Salutati (1331), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), and Irnerius (1050).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Carlo Blasis ranks 1. After him are Filippo Taglioni (1777), Pierina Legnani (1863), Gaétan Vestris (1729), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), and Carla Fracci (1936).

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