Taglioni, Marie
(1804–1884)> BALLERINA
Taglioni, Marie (23 April 1804, Stockholm; 24 April 1884, Marseille), ballerina, dominated the corps de ballet at the Paris Opéra during the romantic period, when descriptive ballets featuring airy ballerinas portrayed sentimental love and thwarted lovers in exotic settings. Her ability to interpret these emotional roles was only one aspect of her balletic talents, however, because she was one of the first stars to dance on pointes, and this new style of dancing was especially effective at the…