Malter family
The Malter, Malterre or Maltaire family was a dynasty of French dancers and choreographers, from which came several members of the 18th century Académie royale de danse. It was a large family and it can often be difficult to identify its members with certainty, though the relationships given below are attested by contemporary documents:René Malter, dance master, member of the Académie royale de danseJean-Pierre Malter, dance master, member of the Académie royale de danseClaude Malter, dance master in Paris, brother of the aboveFrançois-Antoine Malter, dance master, member of the Académie royale de danse, brother of the two above
- * René Malter, member and darling of the Académie royale de danse, son of François-Antoine
- * François-Louis Malter, dancer in the ballets du Roi, member of the Académie royale de danse, son of François-AntoineJean-Baptiste Malter, member of the Académie royale de danse, notably danced in Grenoble, Lyon and London.François Duval dit Malter, ballet master of the Opéra, son of Antoine Duval and of Henriette Brigitte Malter, and nephew of the aboveÉlisabeth Malter, dancer and ballet mistressJean-François Malter, dancer in the French provincesJean Malter dit Hamoir, ballet master of the Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes from 1779 to 1781Pierre-Conrad Malter, ballet master at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in 1788.
- François-Antoine the elder, nicknamed "la Petite Culotte", entered in 1714, premier danseur comique of the Opéra in 1720
- François-Louis the younger, nicknamed "the Devil"
- Jean-Baptiste, known as Malter III, nicknamed "the Bird" or "the Englishman".