Louis d'Auvigny

Louis-Aimé d'Auvigny[a] (about 1738, in Paris – after 1795, in Tulchyn,[1] Poland, now Ukraine) was an 18th-century French dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and dance teacher.

In 1770, he set among others the ballets of Calliroe, tragédie en musique by Antonio Sacchini presented at the theatre of Ludwigsburg Palace.

[10][11] In Palace Theater, Ludwigsburg In Castle Solitude In King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London In December 1773, he danced at the Royal Opera of Versailles,[12][13] There he met the Polish prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and his wife Izabela, who offered him a job in Poland.

From 1795, he worked as a dance teacher in the residence of count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki in Tulchyn.

[1][16] He was the father of painter-miniaturist Charles (Carl, Karol) d'Auvigny (1 September 1765, Ludwigsburg[17] – 4 February 1830, Warsaw[18]).

Ludwigsburg Palace , where Louis d'Auvigny worked as dancer, dance teacher and ballet master in 1767-1771 (copperplate: Friedrich Weber, about 1810)
King's Theatre in the Haymarket, where Louis d'Auvigny worked as ballet master in 1772/1773 (watercolour: William Capon , 1783)
The Blue Palace in Warsaw, where Louis d'Auvigny lived and worked since 1774 as a courtier and dance teacher of the children of prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (painting: Bernardo Bellotto called Canaletto , 1779)
Académie du Corps des Cadets in Warsaw, where Louis d'Auvigny taught the dance to Polish cadets in 1774-1794 (watercolor: Zygmunt Vogel , 1785)
Czartoryski Palace in Puławy, where Louis d'Auvigny worked sometimes in 1784-1791 (watercolor: Konstanty Czartoryski, 1842)