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Leotard, Jules

LC control no.n 97858648
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Personal name headingLeotard, Jules
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Associated countryFrance
Birth date19380801
Place of birthToulouse (France)
Field of activityAcrobatics
Profession or occupationAerialists
Special noteData contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection.
Found inKoegler, H. Concise Oxford dict. of ballet, 1987 (under: Leotard; Jules Leotard, French acrobat (1830-1870) who invented the leotard, a tight-fitting practice and stage garment)
Pirouettes et collants blancs : mémoires de Jules Léotard, le premier des trapézistes, 1860: p.33 (born on 1st August 1838 in Toulouse)
Associated languagefre