Jules Perrot was born in Lyon in 1810. Hired by the Théâtre de la Gaité (Paris), he studied with Vestris and then danced at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet from 1830 to 1835, where he danced with Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler and Fanny Cerrito.&nbsp;He went to Naples where he met Carlotta Grisi, who became her student and dance partner. They performed together until their breaking-up in 1842. He staged for her Giselle in 1841 at the Paris Opera, among other ballets all inspired by the Romantic Movement.&nbsp;Perrot led a successful international career. He was ballet master at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, at the Scala de Milan and at the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg.&nbsp;Back in France in 1861, he gave classes at the Paris Opera. Edgar Degas immortalized him in his painting The Dance class in 1876. Jules Perrot died in 1892.&nbsp;