Jean-François Coulon

Jean-François Coulon (15 January 1774 - May 1836) was a French ballet dancer and instructor.

Biography Born in Paris, he had a career at the Opéra de Paris. He founded his school at the start of the 19th century and became one of the most renowned ballet teachers in Europe. Made professor of the "classe de perfectionnement" at the Opéra in 1807, his students included Geneviève Gosselin, Pauline Leroux, Louis Henry, Marie Quériau, Pauline Duvernay, Albert, Filippo Taglioni and above all Filippo's Marie. From 1810 he contributed to the development of the pointes technique.

His son Antoine-Louis Coulon (1796–1849) had a successful career at the Opéra de Paris (1816–1832) Antoine was officially the father of Georges Coulon.