Louis Henry studied at the Paris Opera School with
Deshayes,
Gardel, and
Coulon. He started his career at the
Opéra de Paris in 1803, later moving to the
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin as its
ballet master. After leaving
France, Italy was where Henry spent most of his professional life during the
Romantic period. In 1812, alongside Italian choreographer
Salvatore Taglioni, Henry launched the Royal School of Ballet () in Naples, connected to Teatro San Carlo. On 28 May 1828, he premiered one of the earliest works titled
La Sylphide at Milan's
La Scala with music composed by Italian composer
Luigi Carlini. First staged at
La Scala in Milan in 1829, Henry's ballet
La festa da ballo in maschera inspired accusations against
Filippo Taglioni, who allegedly used its choreography for the masked ball in
Daniel Auber's 1833 opera
Gustave III at the
Opéra de Paris. Both Henry's ballet and Auber's opera center on the 1792 assassination attempt of
Gustav III, king of Sweden. Louis Henry staged various
pantomime ballets including his 1834 ballet
Chao-Kang (music by
Luigi Carlini) which premiered at the
Théâtre Nautique. Following this, he directed ''
L'île des pirates'', premiering on 12 August 1835 at the
Opéra de Paris. ==Death==