The Malter, Malterre or Maltaire family was a dynasty of French dancers and choreographers, from which came several members of the 18th century Académie royale de danse. It was a large family and it can often be difficult to identify its members with certainty, though the relationships given below are attested by contemporary documents:
René Malter, dance master, member of the Académie royale de danse
Jean-Pierre Malter (?-1730), dance master, member of the Académie royale de danse
Claude Malter, dance master in Paris, brother of the above
François-Antoine Malter (167?-1761), dance master, member of the Académie royale de danse, brother of the two above
René Malter (1695-1775), member and darling of the Académie royale de danse, son of François-Antoine
François-Louis Malter (1699-1788), dancer in the ballets du Roi, member of the Académie royale de danse, son of François-Antoine
Jean-Baptiste Malter (1701-1746), member of the Académie royale de danse, notably danced in Grenoble, Lyon and London.
François Duval dit Malter (1743-?), ballet master of the Opéra, son of Antoine Duval (dance master) and of Henriette Brigitte Malter, and nephew of the above
Élisabeth Malter, dancer and ballet mistress
Jean-François Malter, dancer in the French provinces
Jean Malter dit Hamoir (?-1805), ballet master of the Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes from 1779 to 1781
Pierre-Conrad Malter, ballet master at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in 1788.
Other sources indicate that the René Malter named above was the father of three dancers of the Académie royale de danse :
François-Antoine the elder, nicknamed "la Petite Culotte", entered in 1714, premier danseur comique of the Opéra in 1720
François-Louis the younger, nicknamed "the Devil"
Jean-Baptiste, known as Malter III, nicknamed "the Bird" or "the Englishman".
