Raoul-Auger Feuillet

Active in Paris around the turn of the 18th century, Raoul-Auger Feuillet was a French dance notator, publisher, and choreographer. He is remembered above all for Chorégraphie, ou l'art de décrire la danse (1700), a landmark book that explained the notation system now commonly called Beauchamp–Feuillet notation.

That system gave dancers and teachers a practical way to map steps, floor patterns, and movement on the page. Feuillet went on to publish collections of ballroom and theatrical dances, including works associated with the repertory of his time, which helped preserve material that might otherwise have been lost.

Although some details of his life remain uncertain, his influence is clear: he helped make dance legible as an art that could be transmitted through print. For readers and listeners interested in performance history, he stands at an important meeting point of movement, music, and publishing.