Mérante, Zinaida Iosefovna née Richard
(1832–1890)> BALLERINA
Mérante, Zinaida Iosefovna née Richard (1832, Moscow; 13 September 1890, Courbevoie), ballerina, was the daughter of the French balletmaster Joseph Richard and the dancer Daria Lapukina. After obtaining a royal scholarship to travel to France and to England to perfect her dancing, she made her debut at the Opéra in Le Trouvère on 12 January 1857. Her first performance in Paris became the topic of conversation the next day throughout the capital because her tights became undone during this…