Quem foi pierre beauchamps biography

French choreographer, dancer, and composer ()

Not to be confused with Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps (–), French playwright and theatre historian.

Pierre Beauchamp or Beauchamps (French pronunciation:[pjɛʁboʃɑ̃]; 30 October &#; February ) was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp–Feuillet notation.

Quem foi pierre beauchamps biography That production had opened on January 17, in the Grand Salle des machines at the Tuileries Palace. Beauchamps was considered to be among the finest dancers, and it was during his lifetime that ballet was transformed from a popular pastime of royalty into a serious art form that attracted large public audiences. Beauchamps remained with the troupe to assist with the transition while Moliere's widow prepared to assume control of the company. Pierre Gemayel.

His grand-father was called Christophe (a musician) and his father, a violinist of the king's chamber, was simply called Louis. Following a custom of the time, Pierre Beauchamp was named Pierre after his godfather Pierre Vacherot, tailor of the queen's pages and a relative of the Beauchamps family.^[1]

Biography

Beauchamp was born at Versailles (Yvelines), into a family of French "dance masters" (maîtres de danse).

He débuted at the court of Louis XIV at age 12, in , in the Ballet du dérèglement des passions. He was made director of the Académie Royale de Danse in (although he was not a founding member of the Académie as is often claimed). Beauchamp was principal choreographer to Molière's acting company (the Troupe du Roy) during , as well as ballet master at the Académie Royale de Musique and Compositeur des Ballets du Roi.

He also gave dance lessons to Louis XIV for over twenty-two years.^[2] In these positions, he was highly influential in the development of French baroque dance.

Quem foi pierre beauchamps biography wikipedia In , Beauchamps ascended to the post of Moliere's ballet master near the end of a performance run of Pomone. Accessed 4 Nov. He was also a distant cousin to the playwright Jean-Baptiste Moliere, a member of the Mazuel family that also was popular with French royalty. Personal Profile.

He continued to choreograph and dance at the Court of Versailles after the death of Jean-Baptiste Lully in ; however, choreography and composition of music and ballets for the Jesuit Colleges became his primary occupation from He died at Paris in

Writing some years after the actual events, Pierre Rameau credits Beauchamp with the codification of the five positions of the feet^[3] in classical ballet, as well as a role in the development of the use of arms^[4] (note though that, unlike the positions of the feet, the use of arms in baroque dance differs significantly from their use in ballet).

The codification method was printed in by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, who published notated dance scores, and became known as Beauchamp–Feuillet notation. It was slightly modified by Pierre Rameau in , but continued to be used to record dances for the stage and for domestic use throughout the eighteenth century.

Two choreographies survive in manuscript copies with attributions to Beauchamp: the ballroom duet Rigaudons de Mr Bauchand, and the theatrical solo for a man Sarabande de Mr.

de Beauchamp. The sarabande is unusual amongst the surviving male solos because, although it requires a virtuoso technique with its pirouettes and many ornamented steps, it contains no aerial beaten steps.

Selected works

With Molière and Lully

Original Choreography for Pierre Perrin

Choreography with Lully

• L'Impatience ()
• La Naissance de Vénus ()
• Alceste ()
• Atys ()
• Isis ()
• Le Triomphe de l'amour, avec Pécour ()
• Ballet de la jeunesse ()

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