DANCER

Carlo Blasis

1797 - 1878

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Carlo Blasis (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo ˈblazis]; 4 November 1797 – 15 January 1878) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician born in Naples. He is well known for his very rigorous dance classes, sometimes lasting four hours long. He danced in France, Italy, London and Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Blasis has received more than 38,472 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Carlo Blasis is the 23rd most popular dancer (up from 27th in 2019), the 1,451st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,561st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Carlo Blasis ranks 23 out of 116Before him are Michel Fokine, Tamara Karsavina, Galina Ulanova, George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, and Alicia Alonso. After him are Izumo no Okuni, Bronislava Nijinska, Olga Khokhlova, Filippo Taglioni, La Goulue, and Mary Wigman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Carlo Blasis ranks 21Before him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Paul Delaroche, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Maria Isabel of Braganza, and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Sojourner Truth, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Manuela Sáenz, Giuditta Pasta, and Carl Gustaf Mosander. Among people deceased in 1878, Carlo Blasis ranks 22Before him are Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Angelo Secchi, Henri Victor Regnault, Mariam Baouardy, and Mercedes of Orléans. After him are Władysław Tarnowski, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Roberto de Visiani, and Mindon Min.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Blasis ranks 1,451 out of 5,161Before him are Frank Lentini (1889), Gaetano Bresci (1869), Matteo Bandello (1484), Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Ubertino of Casale (1259), and Jacopo Tiepolo (1150). After him are Jacopo Amigoni (1682), Amy Adams (1974), Giuseppe Acerbi (1773), Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), and Alberto Zaccheroni (1953).

Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Carlo Blasis ranks 1After him are Filippo Taglioni (1777), Gaétan Vestris (1729), Pierina Legnani (1863), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), and Carla Fracci (1936).