Louis-Stanislas Montjoie
{{Short description|French ballet dancer (1789-1865)}}
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Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789{{snd}}1865) was an 18th century French ballet dancer and actor who performed in opéra-ballets at the Opéra de Paris.
Early life
Named after Louis XVIII, Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (or Montjoye) was born in Paris, France in 1789.Laugier, A. (1826). Galerie biographique des artistes dramatiques des théâtres royaux. [1ère livraison l'Académie royale de musique]. France: Ponthieux.
Entertainment life
Louis-Stanislas Montjoie studied in Paris and was a pupil of Jean-François Coulon. Before his debut at the Académie royale de musique (known as Paris Opera), he was at risk of being diverted from dance toward a career in tragedy. While performing in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme at the Comédie-Française, the renowned actor Fleury, impressed by Montjoie's noble bearing and striking appearance, attempted to persuade him to pursue acting instead, even offering to mentor him personally. Following guidance from Madame Vestris and Louis Milon, the Academy's assistant ballet-master, Montjoie debuted at the Royal Academy in 1809. He performed as Telemachus in a ballet choreographed by French ballet master Pierre Gardel called Télémaque.
In 1816, his son, painter and playwright Armand Montjoye was born in Paris.
By 1820, he received the title of first subject. He performed in many ballets produced at the Opéra de Paris. He played popular roles in Aline, reine de Golconde, The Barber of Seville, Le Page inconstant, Zémire et Azor, L'enfant prodigue, Proserpine, La somnambule (M. de Saint-Rambert), La Belle au bois dormant (Gannelor), Manon Lescaut (The Marquis de Gerville), La tentation, Nathalie, La Révolte au sérail, L'île des pirates, Le Diable boiteux (Captain Bellaspada), and La fille du Danube (Baron de Wilibald).La grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts par une Société de savants et de gens de lettres. (1885). France: Société anonyme de la Grande encyclopédie. Montjoie, wearing an Arabian costume, performed in the ballet Aladin, ou La lampe merveilleuse on 1822. He performed as Saint Phar in Jean Aumer's Aline, reine de Golconde, a ballet premiered on 1 October, 1823 with music by Gustave Dugazon.Aline, reine de Golconde , ballet-pantomime en trois actes, par M. Aumer,. . . Musique. . . par M. Gustave Dugazon. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k877304p/f5.item On 20 June 1832, he danced as Astaroth, King of the Demons in Fromental Halévy's opera La tentation.Bertarelli, A., Arrigoni, P. (1934). Ritratti di musicisti ed artisti di teatro conservati nella Raccolta delle stampe e dei disegni: Catalogo descrittivo. Italy: Tip. del "Popolo d'Italia". He performed at the Opéra as Ackbar in the 1835 ballet-pantomime L'île des pirates.Gazette musicale de Paris. (1835). France: Gazette.
In 1837, he starred as a nobleman and friend of the Duke in Clary, a Pantomime Ballet presented in three acts at the Académie royale de musique. That year, he retired.
Death
Gallery
Costume design for Ashtaroth in the opera 'La tentation' (1832) by Halevy.JPG|Montjoie in La tentation
Costume de Montjoie, rôle d'Ackbar, dans L'île des pirates, ballet, Académie royale de musique, actes II, III (NYPL b12148503-5237628).jpg|Montjoie in L'île des pirates
Pas noble du 1er ballet (Mr. Montjoie) dans La lampe merveilleuse, opéra (NYPL b12149375-5237627).jpg|Montjoie in La lampe merveilleuse
References
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