Jeanne Chasles
Jeanne Chasles | |
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Born | Jeanne Marguerite Chasles 4 September 1869 Paris, France |
Died | 20 March 1939 Paris, France | (aged 69)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | dancer, instructor, choreographer |
Years active | 1888–1931 |
Known for | collecting memorabilia on the history of dance |
Jeanne Chasles (4 September 1869 – 20 March 1939) was a French dancer in the
Biography
Jeanne Marguerite Chasles was born on 4 September 1869 in Paris to Emilie Elisabeth (née Dornbret) and Auguste Alfred Chasles.
In 1910, Chasles arranged some of the dances for the production of Quo Vadis?, based on the novel of the same name at the Gaîté Lyrique. Three years later, she choreographed the opera Pénélope by Gabriel Fauré for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and later in 1913 she worked on a ballet based on Molière's Le Sicilien for Jacques Rouché at the Théâtre des Arts. Chasles’ choreography was unique in that it incorporated historical materials on dance from her private collection of dance-related engravings and documents. In 1923, she arranged a production for charity event based on a Renaissance entertainment featuring music created in the fifteenth century by Charles Lévadé. She prepared a revival of Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau in 1925 for the Opéra-Comique, her last year of choreographing for the Opéra-Comique.[7][4]
In 1931, she was awarded the rank of knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honour.[8]
Death and legacy
Chasles died on 20 March 1939 in Paris.[4] After her death, the collection of historic engravings and materials on the history of dance which Chasles had amassed were donated to the National Library of France.[9]
References
Citations
- ^ Birth extract 1931.
- ^ Gutsche-Miller 2015, p. 316.
- ^ a b Garafola 2005, p. 166.
- ^ a b c Bibliothèque nationale de France 2017.
- ^ a b Ministère de L’instruction Publique 1931, p. 2.
- ^ Bulletin D’information du Centre Chorégraphique National 2007, p. 6.
- ^ a b Garafola 2005, p. 220.
- ^ Légion d'honneur 1931.
- ^ Lesure 1958.
Bibliography
- Garafola, Lynn (2005). Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8195-6674-4.
- Gutsche-Miller, Sarah (2015). Parisian Music-hall Ballet, 1871–1913. Rochester, New York: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-442-0.
- ISSN 0006-2006. Archived from the originalon 26 November 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Jeanne Chasles (1869–1939)". BNF France (in French). Paris, France: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Extrait des minutes des actes de naissance due 17 Arrondissement de Paris" [Extract from the minutes of birth certificates of the 17th Arrondissement of Paris]. French Ministry of Culture (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1931. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Légion d'honneur" [Letter notifying Chasles of her award of the Legion of Honour]. French Ministry of Culture (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 11 August 1931. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Plages d'histoires: La danse à Biarritz #29" [Beach stories: The Dance of Biarritz #29] (PDF). Bulletin d'Information du Centre Chorégraphique National (in French) (34). Biarritz, France: Ballet Biarritz: 5–6. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "Renseignementes" [Employment information]. French Ministry of Culture (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1931. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.