Dupré, Louis
(1697–1774)> DANCER
Dupré, Louis (1697, Normandy ?; December 1774, Paris), dancer, danced at the Royal Academy of Music, where his wife had joined the corps de ballet before their marriage. He seems to have started his musical career in the orchestra of the Rouen opera house and then to have traveled to Poland to dance in the royal theatres of this country. Evidence exists of his having acquired a wife and a generous pension at the Polish Court, but he probably left these two acquisitions behind him when he…