Louis-philippe beauchamp biography definition

His grand-father was called Christophe a musician and his father, a violinist of the king's chamber, was simply called Louis. Following a custom of the time, Pierre Beauchamp was named Pierre after his godfather Pierre Vacherot, tailor of the queen's pages and a relative of the Beauchamps family. He also gave dance lessons to Louis XIV for over twenty-two years.

In these positions, he was highly influential in the development of French baroque dance.

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He continued to choreograph and dance at the Court of Versailles after the death of Jean-Baptiste Lully in ; however, choreography and composition of music and ballets for the Jesuit Colleges became his primary occupation from He died at Paris in Writing some years after the actual events, Pierre Rameau credits Beauchamp with the codification of the five positions of the feet in classical ballet , as well as a role in the development of the use of arms note though that, unlike the positions of the feet, the use of arms in baroque dance differs significantly from their use in ballet.

The codification method was printed in by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, who published notated dance scores, and became known as Beauchamp—Feuillet notation. It was slightly modified by Pierre Rameau in , but continued to be used to record dances for the stage and for domestic use throughout the eighteenth century. Two choreographies survive in manuscript copies with attributions to Beauchamp: the ballroom duet Rigaudons de Mr Bauchand , and the theatrical solo for a man Sarabande de Mr.

The sarabande is unusual amongst the surviving male solos because, although it requires a virtuoso technique with its pirouettes and many ornamented steps, it contains no aerial beaten steps.

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