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John Weaver (dancer)

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John Weaver (21 July 1673 – 24 September 1760) was an English dancer, dancing master and choreographer, and producer of a number of works on dancing. [1]

15 relations: Ballet, Burlesque, Choreography, Dance, England, Gasparo Angiolini, Hester Santlow, Jean-Georges Noverre, Pantomime, Raoul Auger Feuillet, Richard Steele, Shrewsbury, The Loves of Mars and Venus, The Spectator (1711), Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.

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Burlesque

A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

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Choreography

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Gasparo Angiolini

Gasparo Angiolini (7 February 1731 – 6 February 1803), real name Domenico Maria Gasparo, son of Francesco Angiolini and Maria Maddalena Torzi, was an Italian dancer and choreographer, and composer.

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Hester Santlow

Hester Santlow (married name Hester Booth; c. 1690 – 1773) was a noted British dancer and actress, who has been called "England's first ballerina".

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Jean-Georges Noverre

Jean-Georges Noverre (29 April 1727 19 October 1810) was a French dancer and balletmaster, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.

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Raoul Auger Feuillet

Raoul Auger (or Anger) Feuillet (c.1660–1710) was a French dance notator, publisher and choreographer most well-known today for his Chorégraphie, ou l'art de décrire la danse (Paris, 1700) which described Beauchamp-Feuillet notation, and his subsequent collections of ballroom and theatrical dances, which included his own choreographies as well as those of Pécour.

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Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Tatler.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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The Loves of Mars and Venus

The Loves of Mars and Venus by John Weaver was arguably the first modern ballet, the first dance work to tell a story through dance, gesture and music alone.

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The Spectator (1711)

The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weaver_(dancer)

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