Prévost, Françoise
(1680–1741)> DANCER
Prévost, Françoise (1680; 1741), dancer, was a pupil of Blondy, but her performances in the extremely popular Atys created a first impression that she belonged to the generation after Lully. She replaced Mlle de Subligny as première danseuse in 1705, and she scored striking successes on the stage of the insomniac duchess du Maine’s theatre at Sceaux. She reached the apex of her glory as a soloist in Les Caractèes de la danse in 1720, but her physical endurance and agility did not keep pace with…