Joseph Mazilier
French dancer
Joseph Mazilier was a 19th-century French dancer, balletmaster and choreographer. He was born as Giulio Mazarini. He was most noted for his ballets Paquita and Le Corsaire. He created the role of James in La Sylphide with Marie Taglioni. Wikipedia
Born: March 13, 1797, Marseille, France
Died: May 19, 1868 (age 71 years), Paris, France
Books: Le Corsaire: A Ballet [by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges and N. Mazillier, Based on Lord Byron's Poem the Corsair] and Le diable à quatre: a fairy ballet pantomime in 2 acts and 5 tableaux. Poem by de Leuven & Mazillier. Music by Adolphe Adam. First performed in Paris, at the Royal Academy of Music, on the 11th August, 1845, and in New York, at the Broadway Theatre, on the 18th July, 1848, by the ballet company of Bartholomin & Monplaisir. English version by Benedict Henry Revoil