Thoinot Arbeau: Quick Facts

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John Weaver

British dancer

Jean-Georges Noverre

French choreographer and dancer

Raoul-Auger Feuillet

French dancer

Carlo Blasis

Italian ballet teacher

Auguste Vestris

French dancer

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

Claude Debussy

French composer

Claude Bernard

French scientist

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

French biologist

Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon

French naturalist

Maurice Ravel

French composer

Théophile Gautier

French author

Jules Perrot

French dancer and choreographer

Jean-Baptiste Lully

French composer

Arthur Saint-Léon

French dancer and musician

Erik Satie

French composer

Benjamin Millepied

French dancer and choreographer

Jean Coralli

French dancer

Sylvie Guillem

French dancer