Carlo Blasis

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Carlo Blasis (4 November 1797, Naples - 15 January 1878, Cernobbio) was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician.

He was the first who published an analysis on the ballet techniques in 1820, in a work named "Traité élémentaire, théorique, et pratique de l'art de la danse" (Elementary Treaty on the Art of the Dance, theory and practice).

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