Eugène Germain Coulon

Eugène Germain Coulon (1808–1891) was a respected dance teacher who played an important role in the development of dance in the ballrooms and salons in the United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century. In London he was known as the French dance master and brought "the edifying influences, the reformative attributes and civilising refinements of society - 'the art of dancing' - to broader populations". He taught a generation of dance teachers in the UK.