Giselle |
Jean Coralli was born
in Paris in 1779. He
trained at the Paris
Academie, which is
now the Paris opera.
Coralli made his
debut there in 1802.
He danced and
choreographed in
Milan, Lisbon, and
Marseille, before
returning to Paris, in
1825, as
choreographer for
the Theatre de la
Porte
Saint-Martin.
He was
choreographer in
residence at the Paris
Academie, where, during
the height of ballet's
Romantic period, he
choreographed for such
famous ballerinas as
Fanny Elssler and Carlotta
Grisi, creator of the title
role in Giselle.
Coralli also helped
establish Elssler's
popularity by including in
several of his ballets the
spectacular pas de
caractere, or
theatricalized folk dances,
in which she excelled. In
addition to Giselle,
which he choreographed
with Jules Perrot. Coralli
also choreographed such
successful and frequently
revived ballets as Le
Diable Boiteux , La
Tarentule, and La
Peri. |
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