Anatole

Auguste-Anatole Petit, known as Monsieur Anatole (5 March 178922 May 1857), was a French ballet dancer, master and composer.

Biography Premier danseur at the Opéra de Paris from at least 1814, in 1815 he married the dancer Constance-Hippolyte Gosselin. Travelling to Brussels in 1818, Anatole and Eugène Hus revived Nina ou la Folle par amour (a ballet by Louis Milon first put on in Paris in 1813) at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. This was put on at the Opéra on 11 June 1827, with music originally written by Fernando Sor and completed by Jean Schneitzhoeffer. The main rôles in the production were held by Albert, Ferdinand and Lise Noblet, and another cast member was Madame Montessu. The work had its first success a month into the run, when Marie Taglioni and her brother Paul appeared in it, making their débuts.