Jean-François Coulon

Jean -François Coulon (* 1764 in Paris, † 1836 in Paris ) was a French dancer and dance teacher.

After a career at the Opéra National de Paris, he founded at the beginning of the 19th century her own dance school and became one of the most famous dance teachers in Europe. From 1810 he contributed to the development of the top dance. Among his students Geneviève Gosselin, Louis Henry, Marie Quériau, Pauline Duvernay, Filippo Taglioni and his children Marie and Paul Taglioni.

His son Antoine (1796-1849) also made ​​a career as a dancer, both at the Opéra National de Paris as well as at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where he worked as a ballet director from 1844 until his death.

  • Dancer
  • Dance teacher
  • Teacher (18th century)
  • Teacher (19th century)
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1764
  • Died in 1836
  • Man
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