Léo Staats
Léo Staats (1877 - 1952) was a French dancer, choreographer and director.

Life and career
Léo Staats studied ballet with Francis Merante, a dancer at the Paris Opera, and reportedly  made his debut in 1887. In 1908 he became Ballet Master at the Paris Opera. From 1926-28 he served as the first choreographer for shows at the Roxy movie palace in New York City. His choreography style was described as Neo-classical.

Works
Selected works include:
La nuit de Valpurgis (Faust) (1908, Gounod)
Namouna (1908, Lalo)
Javotte (1909, Saint-Saëns)
Espana (1911, Chabrier)
Les folies françaises ou Les Dominos (1911, Couperin)
Les abeilles (1917, Stravinsky)
Taglioni chez Musette (1920, Auber, Boieldieu, Meyerbeer, Weckerlin)
Frivolant (1922, Poueigh)
Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied (1923, Pierné) 
La nuit ensorcelée (1923, Chopin)
Siang-Sin (1923, Huë)
Istar (1924, D'Indy)
Soir de fête (1925, Delibes)
Orphée (1926, Ducasse)
La prêtresse de Koridwen (1926, Ladmirault)
Impressions de music-hall (1926, Pierné)
L'écran des jeunes filles (1929, Roland-Manuel)
Le rustre imprudent (1931, Fouret)
Un jardin sur l'Oronte (1932, Bachelet)
Roselinde (1933, Hirschmann)
Le rouet d'Armor (1936, Piriou)
Iléana (1936, Bertrand)