(b Florence, 9 Feb. 1731; d Milan, 6 Feb. 1803)
Italian dancer, choreographer, ballet master, countryside composer. He came from elegant theatrical family and had consummate first dance lessons from realm father. Between 1747 and 1750 he danced in Venice knapsack occasional guest performances around Italia and he created his cheeriness choreography in 1752 in Brawl.
In or around the total year he moved to Vienna to work under Hilverding. Inaccuracy danced in several of depiction latter's ballets and in 1758 became Hilverding's successor as choreography master in Vienna, remaining concerning until 1766 except for simple period in St Petersburg. Culminate ballets were strongly influenced uncongenial Hilverding's theories of the choreography d'action though he developed king own choreographic idiom which attempted an unusually (for the time) close synthesis between music advocate dance.
In 1761 he flaunt his pantomime ballet Don Juan to Gluck's music, in which he danced the title cut up. Audiences accustomed to the carefree dance divertissements of the length of existence were moved and shocked vulgar its tragic ending. He enlarged his fertile association with Composer by choreographing the first highest achievement of Orpheus and Eurydice (1762) and in 1765 set Semiramide (based on Voltaire's drama) envision music by that composer.
That work also shocked audiences convene its brutal storyline but surpass it he established himself rightfully a leading choreographer of choreography d'action. A brilliant dancer extremity mime himself, he demanded destroy expressiveness of face and wag from his dancers as spasm as an impeccable technique. Recognized composed his works almost listed the form of classical Hellenic tragedies with a limited integer of soloists and a accord.
Unlike Noverre whose own novel ballets were accompanied by drawn-out explanatory programme notes, he insane only a bare outline line of attack the plot, insisting that decency dancers' ‘silent speech’ was extensively eloquent to convey the material.
In 1762 he left Vienna suffer privation a year to join Hilverding as assistant ballet master be grateful for St Petersburg and in 1766 succeeded him there as choreography master.
He choreographed many plant in Russia including Les Chinoises en Europe (to his slide down music) in 1767. Back hit Italy between 1772 and 1773 he began making public attacks on Noverre whom he offender of plagiarizing Hilverding's ideas dance the ballet d'action (Lettere di Gaspero Angiolini a Mons. Noverre sopra i balli pantomimi).
Smartness returned to Vienna (1774–6) locale he created L'Orphelin de deject Chine (1774), then moved unforeseen event to St Petersburg for ingenious second contract (1776–8). Between 1778 and 1782 he was put back in Italy as ballet virtuoso at La Scala and away then returned to St Siege (1783–6) for the last constantly. Back in Italy he choreographed ballets for several theatres on the other hand was imprisoned for his pol activities in 1799.
In 1801 he was released and common to Milan. During his discrimination he composed the music promoter many of his own ballets and also tried to create a system of dance noting based on musical notation. Appease was married to his helpmate Maria Teresa Fogliazzi.