Noverre, Maître des ballets à l’Académie Royale de Musique - (1776-1781)

2011

Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), un artiste européen au siècle des Lumières

Marie-Françoise Bouchon

Paris

Noverre’s engagement at the Paris Opera, far from meeting his hopes, turned out to be a bitter disappointment to the choreographer. This article studies the circumstances of his engagement and the bad terms in which he had to work. It checks the whole productions he provided to the Parisian public. With the survey of some critics we try to grasp the reasons for his scanty success.