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Léo Staats

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Nationality
  
French

Movement
  
Ballet

Known for
  
Dance and choreography

Died
  
1952, Paris, France

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

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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.

Works

Selected works include:

  • 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)
  • Roselinde (1933, Hirschmann)
  • Le rouet d'Armor (1936, Piriou)
  • Iléana (1936, Bertrand)

    • References

    Léo Staats Wikipedia
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