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Jean Coralli

1779 - 1854

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Jean Coralli (15 January 1779 – 1 May 1854) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer, best known for collaborating with Jules Perrot in creating Giselle (1841), the quintessential Romantic ballet of the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Coralli is the 56th most popular dancer (up from 62nd in 2019), the 3,489th most popular biography from France (up from 3,708th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Jean Coralli ranks 56 out of 116Before him are Arthur Saint-Léon, Enrico Cecchetti, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Antonio Gades, and Kurt Jooss. After him are Carla Fracci, Lindsay Kemp, Lucile Grahn, Hans van Manen, Micheline Bernardini, and Adam Darius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Jean Coralli ranks 22Before him are Lorenz Oken, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Archduke Anton Victor of Austria. After him are Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Adam Müller, Francis Scott Key, Johann Schweigger, Louis de Freycinet, and Ali-Morad Khan Zand. Among people deceased in 1854, Jean Coralli ranks 34Before him are Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Vatroslav Lisinski, Silvio Pellico, Maria Wirtemberska, Joseph de Villèle, and José Joaquín de Herrera. After him are Henriette Sontag, Józef Chłopicki, Samuel Wilson, José María Vargas, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and Philip Barker-Webb.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Coralli ranks 3,489 out of 6,770Before him are Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), Eustache Le Sueur (1616), Joseph Vendryes (1875), Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1810), Paul Janet (1823), and André Gedalge (1856). After him are Suzy Delair (1917), Édouard Colonne (1838), Thomas of Britain (1200), William of Jumièges (1000), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), and Georges Urbain (1872).

Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Jean Coralli ranks 11Before him are Liane de Pougy (1869), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), La Goulue (1866), Roland Petit (1924), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), and Arthur Saint-Léon (1821). After him are Micheline Bernardini (1927), Yvette Chauviré (1917), and Sylvie Guillem (1965).