Dumilâtre, Adèle
(1821–1909)> DANCER
Dumilâtre, Adèle (30 June 1821, Paris; 4 May 1909, Paris), dancer, finished her studies at the ballet school of the Opéra and made her debut as a page with her sister in the premiere of La Chatte métamorphosée en femme on 18 October 1837. She was cast with her sister Sophie Dumilâtre again as a Creole in La Volière on 5 May 1838 and appeared in La Tarentule and Filippo Taglioni ’s La Sylphide before being assigned to more important parts that established her as a star and made her an idol of…