Blache, Jean-Baptiste
(1765–1834)> DANCER · CHOREOGRAPHER
Blache, Jean-Baptiste (17 May 1765, Berlin; 24 January 1834, Toulouse), dancer and choreographer, acquired his reputation on the stages of the three great provincial theatres of France in Lyon, Bordeaux, and Marseilles. He made his theatrical debut as an ordinary dancer and was subsequently promoted to ballet master at the Grand theatre of Bordeaux in 1792. His colleague in this latter post was Hus. Blache was to write more than 50 scenarios for ballets before his retirement in 1820, but…