Anatole, Constance-Hippolyte-Gosselin
(*1793)> BALLET
Anatole, Constance-Hippolyte-Gosselin (1793; ?) already had an elder sister dancing at the Opéra while she was studying ballet under Jean-François Coulon and Louis-Antoine Duport. She made her debut at the Imperial Academy of Music in April 1813 in a pas de trois that had been added to Jerusalem delivrée. Her excellence as a performer was recognized quickly, and she was scheduled for appearances in the premieres of Les Abencérages (1813) (1813) and Nina (1813) before her marriage to the dancer…