Joseph Mazilier
French ballet dancer and choreographer
About Joseph Mazilier
Lived 1801 – 1868 (aged 67). Joseph Mazilier was a French ballet dancer, choreographer and librettist.
Joseph Mazilier (1 March 1801 – 19 May 1868) was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as Giulio Mazarini. He was most noted for his ballets Paquita and Le Corsaire (1856). He created the role of James in La Sylphide with Marie Taglioni. Marie Guy-Stéphan debuted in Aelia et Mysis at the Paris Opéra when she moved in 1853 to Paris.
Ballets La Gypsy (1839) La Vendetta (1839) Le Diable Amoureux (1840) Lady Henrietta, or the Servant of Greenwich (Lady Henriette, ou la Servante de Greenwich) (1944) Le Diable à Quatre (1845) Paquita (1846) Betty (1846) Griseldis, ou les Cinq sens (1848) Vert-vert (Green-Green) (1851) Orfa (1852) Aelia et Mysis, ou l'Atellane (1853) Jovita, ou les Boucaniers (1853) La Fonti (1855) Le Corsaire (1856) Les Elfes (1856) Marco Spada ou La Fille du Bandit (1857) Une fête au port (1867)
Roles James in La Sylphide by Filippo Taglioni in 1832 Fernando in La Tempête by Jean Coralli in 1834 Stenio in La Gypsy in 1839
Other ballet posts Master of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1839 until 1851. Master of the Saint Petersburg Ballet from 1851 until 1852 Master of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1852 until 1857. Master of the Lyon Ballet from 1862 until 1866 Master of ballet at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels from 1866 until 1867
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Who was Joseph Mazilier?
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1801–1868)
When was Joseph Mazilier born?
Joseph Mazilier was born on 13 March 1801 in Marseille.
When did Joseph Mazilier die?
Joseph Mazilier died on 19 May 1868 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Joseph Mazilier's occupation?
Joseph Mazilier was a ballet dancer, choreographer and librettist.
What nationality was Joseph Mazilier?
Joseph Mazilier was French.
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