Louis Milon

The Théâtre des Élèves pour la Danse de l'Opéra opened there not long after their arrival, and Milon's interest was piqued.

[3] Later he began studying dance at the Paris Opera Ballet School, joining the corps de ballet of the school's parent company in 1787 and making a favorable impression as the Grand Cousin in Maximilien Gardel's Le déserteur on 16 January 1788 and as the Mentor in Pierre Gardel's Télémaque on 23 February 1790.

[2][4] After successfully creating Héro et Léandre at the Opéra on 31 December 1799,[5] he became assistant ballet master to Pierre Gardel, with whom he worked in great harmony.

Their collaboration, Les Noces de Gamache, with a libretto by Milon based on comic episodes from Cervantes's novel Don Quixote, premiered on 18 January 1801 and was retained in the repertory until 1841.

With Bigottini, Milon put on pieces full of fantasy and humour as well as melodramas, with the latter having great success right up until the rise of romantic ballet around 1830.