This is a list of directors and ballet masters of the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium.
Years Directors Ballet masters Composition of the companies (seasons) Gio Paolo Bombarda Pierre Deschars Domenico Lorenzoni and Giuseppe Contri Gio Paolo Bombarda Jean Barrier, stage name Fonpré ? Joseph de Pestel Pierre Dubreuil ? Francesco-Paolo D'Angelis Jean-Baptiste Grimberghs ? Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis Bruno-Emmanuel de Beaulieu Louise Dimanche Thomas-Louis Bourgeois Reymond Marianne Dujardin ? Antonio Maria Peruzzi Joachim Landi Jean-Richard Le Roux, dit Durant Joseph Bruseau de La Roche François Moylin, stage name Francisque Nicolas Huau Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, stage name Dugazon Louis Desjardins, stage name Beaupré / François-Hyacinthe Ribon Pierre-Jacques Ribou de Ricard Joseph Uriot / Charles Plante and Jeanne Belhomme Jean-Baptiste Grimaldi, stage name Nicolini Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'Hannetaire Charles-Simon Favart Billioni Jean-Benoît Leclair / Giovanni Francesco Crosa / Hus frères Duc d'Arenberg, duc d'Ursel and marquis de Deynze Jean-François Fieuzal, stage name Durancy François La Comme / Julien / Lemaire Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'Hannetaire Louis Devisse / Jean-Claude Lescot / Jean-Baptiste Pitrot Léopold-Ignace Gourville Joubert / Felicini / Jean-Baptiste Hus Charliers de Borchgravenbroeck, Pierre Gamond and Van Maldere Charles Bernardy / Billioni D'Hannetaire and the "Comédiens associés" Saint-Léger Ignaz Vitzthumb and Louis Compain Laurent Bocquet Ignaz Vitzthumb Auguste Fisse Louis-Jean Pin, Alexandre Bultos and Sophie Lothaire Auguste Fisse / Louis Baland / Pierre-Jean Gambu Alexandre and Herman Bultos Jean Malter, stage name Hamoir / Devos / Le Fèvre Herman Bultos Jacques-Philippe Ledet Herman Bultos and Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam Marguerite Brunet, stage name Mlle Montansier (no ballet) Herman Bultos & Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam (no ballet) Jean-Joseph Galler (no ballet) Marc d'Oberny & J.-F. Cussy dit Champmêlé (no ballet) Louis-François Ribié (no ballet) Joseph-Auguste Dubus (no ballet) Gilles-Jean-Benoît Lecatte, stage name Folleville (no ballet) Pierre-Louis Stapleton, stage name Eugène Hus Eugène Hus Joseph-Auguste Dubus Eugène Hus / Jean-Louis Oudart Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan Claude Wolf, called Bernard Jean-Antoine Petipa Joseph Langle Charles Laffillé Victor Bartholomin Claude-Charles Cartigny Bernard-Léon jeune, stage name Bernard Pierre-Joseph Degreef / Pierre-Jean Aniel Pierre Lemoigne Albert Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Louis Jansenne, Charles Guillemin & Louis Van Caneghem Pierre-Joseph Degreef / Jean-Antoine Petipa / Antoine Appiani Auguste Nourrit Hippolyte Barrez Édouard Duprez & Eugène Massol Adrien-Julien Renoux, stage name Adrien Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste Quélus Henri Desplaces Charles-Louis Hanssens Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name Letellier Victor Bartholomin / Adrien Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste Quélus Henri Desplaces Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name Letellier Henri Justamant / Hippolyte Monplaisir / Adolphe Vincent / Joseph Mazilier / Alfred Lamy Jules-Henry Vachot Pierre Hus / Eugène Chapuis / Joseph Hansen François-Hippolyte Avrillon Lucien Petipa Auguste Deloche, stage name Campocasso Joseph Hansen Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné Calabresi Alfred Lamy / Joseph Hansen / Oscar Poigny Camille-Henry-Joseph Verdhurdt Joseph Hansen Joseph Dupont & Alexandre Lapissida Gaetano Saracco Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné Calabresi Lafont Maurice Kufferath & Guillaume Guidé Gaetano Saracco / François Ambrosiny Maurice Corneil de Thoran, Jean Van Glabbeke & Paul Spaak Maurice Corneil de Thoran Marthe Coeck Joseph Rogatchewsky Nicolas Zverev / Jean-Jacques Etchevery Maurice Huisman Paul Goubé / (Maurice Béjart)
After 1981, La Monnaie ceased to have Ballet masters, but took on choreographers in residence.
Years Directors Choreographers in residence Gérard Mortier Maurice Béjart / Mark Morris Bernard Foccroulle Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
After 2007, La Monnaie ceased to take on choreographers in residence. Yet, Rosas and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker continue to occupy an important part of La Monnaie's dance programme.Pouget, Isabelle (2017), Les Mots de la Monnaie, Brussels: MARDAGA
Years Directors Peter de Caluwe2025Christina Scheppelmann
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