Claude Gardel was an 18th century German ballet master who served at the courts of Württemberg, Mannheim, and Nancy.
[1] At his son's birth, Claude was employed in the lyric troupe of the Elector Palatine's court in Mannheim, known for its support of the arts.
[4] At the 1742 wedding of Charles Theodore and the inauguration of the new opera house, Carlo Grua's Meride included entr'acte ballets by Scio and Gardel.
[6] After working alongside the Mannheim Court Orchestra, Claude Gardel held the position of a paid dance master in the city of Nancy.
[7] During this period, Gardel served as the ballet master to King Stanislas of Poland, known formally as Stanisław Leszczyński.