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Pierre Beauchamp

Stage Name

Birth Name
Pierre Beauchamp Pierre Beauchamp
     Beauchamp's father and grandfather were musicians. Pierre started his dance and music training at age 8 and continued for 6 years and by 1848 was taking major roles in court ballets. Later he would become a dance master, Choreographer and maitre de danse / dancer for King Louis XIV who he would teach for twenty- two years.

     The King Louis XIV gave him the title of "Compositeur des ballets du Roi" after the passing of
Prevost until 1719. Later Ballon would replace Pierre on his passing. Beauchamp would play a major role in the development of dance for his own generation as well as the future. Beauchamp is credited for inventing the five basic foot positions in dance. as well as being highly influential in the development of French baroque dance.      Pierre's nephew, Blondi Beauchamp was also a dancer who danced with Camargo.
 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
France 1635-1705 Angelique LeClerc (1699) n/a
       
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Entre'e grave Espagnoles Anthony L' Abbee $ 1978 - Molière (CD)
Loure Chacoon the Dauphin      
Sarabande Passe-Pied Georges Rameau      
Chaconne Basse Danses Jean Ballon      
Passacailles Pavane Jean Baptiste Lully      
Minuet Cotillion King Louis XIV      
Bouree Courante Lisolette      
Rigaudon Galliarde Louis Pe'Cour      
Gavotte Allemande Marie Subligny      
Gigues Ballet Mlle. De Blois      
Canaries Pantomime Mlle. de la Fontaine      
Forlane Galop Raoul Feuillet      
 

Choreographed Works

Theaters

Stage
1673 - Le Malade Imaginaire (Molière's, Lully) n/a n/a
1661 - Les Fâcheux (Molière's, Lully)            
1661 - L'Impatience (w/ Lully)            
1664 - Le Mariage forcé (Molière's, Lully)            
1665 - La Naissance de Vénus (w/ Lully)            
1669 - Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, ballets            
1670 - Les Amants magnifiques (Molière's, Lully)            
1671 - Pomone (Perrin opera) (Molière's, Lully)            
1671 - Psyché (Molière's, Lully)            
1674 - Alceste (w/ Lully)            
1676 - Atys (w/ Lully)            
1677 - Isis (w/ Lully)            
1681 - Le Triomphe de l'amour, avec Pécour (w/ Lully)            
1686 - Ballet de la jeunesse (w/ Lully)            
Moliere Pecour Matre

Films

Television

Publications
1934 - Madame Bovery (Portrayal) [DVD] n/a $ Le Ballet Des Facheux: Beauchamp's Music
            1725 - Le maître a danser (Rameau, Pierre)
             
             
NOTE: Some sources say Beauchamp passed away in 1719. His name has often been spelled Beuchamps. His B-Day is all over the place, but all are in the 1630's.
February 15, 2013
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