Index

Charles Didelot

  • Birth of a Dancer

    Birth of a Dancer
    In 1767 Charles Didelot was born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Debut in England

    Debut in England
    In 1788 he had his debut in England
  • Debut

    Debut
    In 1790 he had his debut at the Paris Opera
  • Wires

    Wires
    He experimented with lifting ballerinas with wires at his showing of Flore et Zephire
  • Period: to

    Ballet Master

    From 1801-1811 he was the ballet maser at Saint Petersburg Imperial School of Ballet
  • Reformer

    Reformer
    In 1801 he became a costume reformer and rejected heels and powdered wiggs
  • Cut Short

    Cut Short
    In 1804 his crareer was cut short due to a leg injury
  • Leaving School

    Leaving School
    In 1811 he left St. Petersburg to go to Paris and England
  • Zephyr et Flore

    He showed Zephyr et Flore at Paris France
  • Coming Back

    Coming Back
    In 1816 he came back to St. Petersburg to continue teaching
  • Period: to

    Director

    In this timespan Charles Didelot produced a number of ballets
  • Death of a Dancer

    Death of a Dancer
    In 1837 Didelot died in Kiev, Ukraine