Hullin, Virginie
(1798–1838)> BALLERINA
Hullin, Virginie (1798, Paris; August 1838, Paris), ballerina, was the daughter of the ballet master at the Gaîté between 1808 and 1818, and her precocious talents as a dancer along with her father’s coaching won her a place in the corps de ballet at the Opéra when she was still a child. She represented Cupid in several ballets, but her father was more ambitious for her and withdrew her from the company so that she might pursue her studies on a more advanced level. She returned to the Royal…