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Charles Bernardy
Charles-Alexandre Bernard (17 May 1724, Antwerp - 15 June 1807, rue de Vaugirard, Paris), known as Charles Bernardy, was a dancer, choreographer and dancing master.
He criss-crossed the Southern Netherlands, the Netherlands, the principality of Liège and France continuously for 40 years. From October 1752 until Palm Sunday 1753, Bernardy and his wife directed the theatre at Ghent, where she had already dancing in the preceding season (in Prince of Orange's troop). The Prince
Aix-en-Provence, Toulon, Marseille, Dijon, Passy, Saint-Quentin, Antwerp and Brussels.
Bernardy finally settled down at Liège, from there directing the theatres at Spa, Maastricht, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend. He gave up the direction of these theatres from 1793 and installed himself in Paris with his granddaughter, mademoiselle Fleury, actress in the Comédie-Française.
References.
- Jean-Philippe Van Aelbrouck, "Bernardy, Charles-Alexandre Bernard, dit Bernardy", in "