Jules-Joseph Perrot (18 August 1810 – 29 August 1892) was a Frenchdancer and choreographer who later became Ballet Master of theImperial Ballet inSt. Petersburg, Russia. He created some of the most famous ballets of the 19th century includingPas de Quatre,La Esmeralda,Ondine, andGiselle withJean Coralli.

Jules Perrot
Jules Perrot,c. 1850
Born	Jules-Joseph Perrot (1810-08-18)18 August 1810 Lyon, France
Died	18 August 1892(1892-08-18) (aged 82) Paramé, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Dancer Choreographer
Partner	Carlotta Grisi

TheLyon-born Perrot danced often withMarie Taglioni but their partnership was short-lived. She eventually refused to dance with him fearing that he would outshine her. He left the Opéra in 1835 to tour European dance centers such as London,Milan,Vienna andNaples, where he met and noticed the talent ofCarlotta Grisi. He coached her and presented her to the world as the next great ballerina in an 1836 performance in London with himself as her partner.^[1]

Following the success of his contributions to the choreography ofGiselle, Perrot went on to choreographAlma ouLa Fille du Feu (London 1842) forFanny Cerrito, which was hailed as a major choreographic success. For the next six years he choreographed regularly at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, includingOndine (1843),La Esmeralda (1844),Le Judgement de Paris (1846), andPas de Quatre (12 July 1845). For this ballet he not only negotiated the difficult task of persuading the four leading ballerinas of the day to appear on stage together atHer Majesty's Theatre in London. Nearly every ballet Perrot ever created was set to the music ofCesare Pugni.^{[citation needed]}

Perrot was engaged as a dancer inSt. Petersburg for theImperial Ballet and later was appointed Balletmaster there. He remained with the Imperial Russian Ballet until 1858. While there, he married Capitoline Samovskaya, a pupil at the Imperial Theater School, with whom he had two children. He returned to Paris to a life of comparative leisure. Perrot died on holiday in Paramé 29 August 1892.^{[citation needed]}

Opéra Le Peletier, Paris

• 28 June 1841 –Giselle, music byAdolphe Adam, specially designed forCarlotta Grisi

Her Majesty's Theatre, London

• 9 March 1844 –La Esmeralda, music byCesare Pugni, leading role byCarlotta Grisi
• 12 July 1845 –Pas de Quatre, music byCesare Pugni, created forLucile Grahn,Carlotta Grisi,Fanny Cerrito, andMarie Taglioni

Teatro alla Scala, Milan

• 8 January 1847 –Catarina or La Fille du Bandit (revival), music byCesare Pugni revised byGiacomo Panizza
• 16 March 1847 –Odette ou la Démence de Charles VI ^[ru], music byGiacomo Panizza with dances byGiovanni Bajetti and Giovanni Corfu.
• 12 February 1848 –Faust, music byGiacomo Panizza with dances by Giovanni Bajetti

Opéra Le Peletier, Paris

• 8 October 1849 –La Filleule des fées, music byAdolphe Adam. Ballet-féerie in 3 acts, 7 tableaux with prologue and apotheosis (composed jointly with Alfred de Clémenceau de Saint-Julien). Libretto by Jules Perrot andJules de Saint-Georges.

• Auguste Vestris, Perrot's teacher
• Ballets by Jules Perrot
• List of dancers

• Works by or about Jules Perrot at theInternet Archive
• TheGrand Pas des Naiads from the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's revival of Perrot'sOndine, music by Cesare Pugni, choreography byPierre Lacotte