Claude Balon

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A print of Balon depicted as a harlequin or jester

Claude Balon (also Ballon, often incorrectly named Jean; 1671–1744)

choreographer. The ballet term ballon is sometimes said to be derived from his name, but Robert Greskovic calls this "dubious".[2] Balon danced under the tutelage of the balletmaster Pierre Beauchamp at the Paris Opera. Marie Sallé is identified as a student of Balon's.[3]

References

  1. ISBN 9780736060356
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  2. ^ Robert Greskovic. Ballet 101, 2005.
  3. ISBN 9780809315253
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