The Académie Royale de Danse, founded by Letters Patent on the initiative of King Louis XIV of France in March 1661, was the first dance institution established...

Michel Blondy (1675–1739) was a French choreographer, dancer and ballet master. All his choreographies were premiered at the Académie royale de musique...

appreciated. The pas de trois danced by Marie-Anne de Camargo and her two colleagues Michel Blondy and Antoine Bandieri de Laval in act III were particularly...