Jules Perrot

Jules-Joseph Perrot (18 August 1810 to 29 August 1892) was a French dancer and choreographer. He later became Ballet Master of the Imperial Ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He created some of the best known ballets of the nineteenth century, including Pas de Quatre, La Esmeralda, Ondine and, with Jean Coralli, Giselle. Born in Lyon, he studied in Paris with Auguste Vestris and danced at the Paris Opera Ballet from 1830 to 1835, then worked as dancer, ballet master and choreographer in London, Milan and Saint Petersburg. After returning to France in 1861 he taught at the Paris Opera, and Edgar Degas painted him in The Dance Class.