Didelot, Charles

Didelot, Charles (1767–1837),
French dancer, choreographer, and influential teacher. Popular dance memoirs hold that Didelot's historical significance was assured when his ballet Flora and Zephyr (1796) was the first to feature dancing on toes. He spent much time in Russia between the years 1801 and 1836 where he choreographed many ballets, some based on Russian folklore. His pupil Adam Gluzkovsky based a ballet, Russlan and Ludmilla, on Pushkin's poem with folklore themes.

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