Albert (dancer)

See also: Albert

Albert (of his true name François-Ferdinand Decombe ) is a Ballet master Danseur and French born with Bordeaux the April 15th 1789 and died with Fontainebleau the July 18th 1865.

Albert begins at the 14 years age to the Théâtre from Gaîté, then it is engaged with the Opéra of Paris in 1808, on the recommendations of Jean-François Coulon and Auguste Vestris. Put at the variation by the ballet master Pierre Gardel, Albert divides itself then between Paris and London, where it gives all the measurement of his talent. Évincé of the Opera in 1831, with the profit of Jean Coralli and Filippo Taglioni, it works with London, Naples and Marseilles.

Of 1838 with 1840, Albert is ballet master to the Théâtre of the Currency of Brussels, where it makes known with the public the talents of Arthur Saint-Leon.

Of return to Paris in 1841, it composes the entertainments for the opera Favorite the of Donizetti and for some other parts of the type-setter.

He is also the author of a handbook of dance, the art of the dance at the city and the court (Paris, in the author, 1834).

Some works

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