Chameroy, Marie-Adrienne
(1779–1802)> BALLERINA
Chameroy, Marie-Adrienne (5 May 1779, Paris; 15 October 1802, Paris), ballerina, was enrolled at age six in the dancing school attached to the Royal Academy of Music, and she made her first stage appearance on 28 November 1786 as one of the children in a revival of Niccolò Piccinni’s version of Roland. After this early start as a professional performer, she appeared in theatrical productions at the Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent fairs before rejoining the troupe of the Opéra, where her second…