Baron, Michel

Japanese: バロン（英語表記）Baron， Michel

[Born] 1653.10.8? Paris
[Died] December 22, 1729. A French actor from Paris. His real name was Boyron. Both of his parents were actors at the Théâtre de Bourgogne, and he joined the Prince's company at an early age, but was taken in by Molière and trained there, and after 1670 he played major roles. In 1673 he moved to the Théâtre de Bourgogne and helped to establish the Comédie-Française, after which he played leading roles in tragedies and comedies, and was highly praised by Racine. He retired once in 1791, but returned to the stage in 1720 and regained popularity. He wrote seven plays, including L'Homme à bonnes fortunes (1686).

Baron
Ballon

A ballet term. From its original meaning of "balloon," it means light, supple, and elastic in jumping and other techniques. It refers to staying in the air in a beautiful pose while jumping, and then descending to the floor again silently and lightly as if flying. Dancers who can perform such light jumping techniques, like bouncing rubber balls, regardless of gender, are evaluated as having "baron."

Baron
Baron, Alexander

Born: December 4, 1917.
British novelist. Known for his World War II novels, especially From the City, From the Plough (1948).

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Japanese:

[生]1653.10.8?　パリ
[没]1729.12.22. パリ
フランスの俳優。本名 Boyron。両親ともブルゴーニュ座の俳優で，早くから「公太子の劇団」に属したが，モリエールに引取られて教えを受け，1670年以後大役を演じた。 73年ブルゴーニュ座に移ってコメディー・フランセーズの設立に参加，以後，悲劇，喜劇に主役を演じ，ラシーヌにも高く評価された。 91年一度引退したが，1720年舞台に戻り，再び人気を集めた。みずから『幸運な男』L'Homme à bonnes fortunes (1686) ほか7編の戯曲を書いた。

バロン
ballon

バレエ用語。「気球」という本来の意味から転じて，跳躍などの技法において，軽快でしなやかな弾力性のあることをいう。とんでいる間，美しいポーズで空中にとどまり，そしてまたとぶように音もなく軽やかに床に降りてくること。こうしたゴムまりが弾むような軽やかな跳躍技を行うことのできる踊り手を，男女を問わず「バロンがある」と評価する。