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Gaëtan Vestris

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Gaëtan Vestris

Original Name
Gaetano Apolline Baldassare Vestris
Birth
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Death
23 Sep 1808 (aged 79)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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The greatest male dancer of the Italian school, who settled in Paris and revolutionised ballet by dispensing with the mask and using the art of mime. Father of Auguste Vestris (q.v.)
The greatest male dancer of the Italian school, who settled in Paris and revolutionised ballet by dispensing with the mask and using the art of mime. Father of Auguste Vestris (q.v.)

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Added: May 17, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22396/ga%C3%ABtan-vestris: accessed ), memorial page for Gaëtan Vestris (18 Apr 1729–23 Sep 1808), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22396, citing Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).