Dumilâtre, Sophie
(*1818)> DANCER
Dumilâtre, Sophie (1818, Paris; Pau?), dancer, was the elder of the two ballerinas who were daughters of the actor Marie-Michel Dumilâtre of the Comédie-Française. She appeared at the Opéra for the first time as an American Indian in the premiere of Les Mohicans on 5 July 1837. Her next billing was with her younger sister as a page in the initial performance of Jean Coralli’s La Chatte métamorphosée en femme on 18 October 1837. Subsequently she created parts in the following works having their…