←Paul Goubé (1912 in

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– 30 March 1979, in Paris) was a 20th-century French dancer,

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

, ballet master and teacher.

Biography

A pupil of the

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded ...

, he was hired by the troupe and became

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in 1933. Very expressive, he was the interpreter of

Serge Lifar Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...

in several

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

s, joined the Nouveau Ballet de Monte-Carlo in 1942, then the ballet of the

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. He choreographed several works for the

Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas Jorge Cuevas Bartholín, known as George de Cuevas (1885 – 22 February 1961), was a Chilean-born ballet impresario and choreographer who was best known for the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas that he formed in 1944. Life and career Cueva ...

and founded in Nice in 1955, the Ballets de la Méditerranée. In 1959, he was the ephemeral ballet master of the

Théâtre de la Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

in Brussels, excluded from the institution following the arrival of

Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast th ...

. In 1969, he founded his Paris dance school, established

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with his wife Yvonne Alexander. The school was revived in 1995 by their daughter Jennifer, under the name "Goubé European Dance Center".

Principal creations

*1952: ''Le Lien'' *1953: ''Ad Alta'' *1954: ''Duo'' *1958: ''Le Feu aux Poudres'' *1959: ''Ad Alta'' (revived at the

)

External links

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Goublé.com
1912 births 1979 deaths Artists from Paris French male ballet dancers French choreographers French ballet masters Ballet teachers 20th-century ballet dancers {{Ballet-bio-stub