Léo Staats

Léo Staats (1877–1952) was a French dancer, choreographer and director.

Life and career Léo Staats studied ballet with Francis Merante, a dancer at the Paris Opera, and reportedly made his debut in 1887. In 1908 he became Ballet Master at the Paris Opera. From 1926-28 he served as the first choreographer for shows at the Roxy movie palace in New York City. His choreography style was described as Neo-classical.

Selected works

La nuit de Valpurgis (Faust) (1908, Gounod) Namouna (1908, Lalo) Javotte (1909, Saint-Saëns) Espana (1911, Chabrier) Les folies françaises ou Les Dominos (1911, Couperin) Les abeilles (1917, Stravinsky) Taglioni chez Musette (1920, Auber, Boieldieu, Meyerbeer, Weckerlin) Frivolant (1922, Poueigh) Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied (1923, Pierné) La nuit ensorcelée (1923, Chopin) Siang-Sin (1923, Huë) Istar (1924, D'Indy) Soir de fête (1925, Delibes) Orphée (1926, Ducasse) La prêtresse de Koridwen (1926, Ladmirault) Impressions de music-hall (1926, Pierné) L'écran des jeunes filles (1929, Roland-Manuel) Le rustre imprudent (1931, Fouret) Un jardin sur l'Oronte (1932, Bachelet) Roselinde (1933, Hirschmann) Le rouet d'Armor (1936, Piriou) Iléana (1936, Bertrand)