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Filippo Taglioni
Pretty much the father of Romantic Ballet -
Jean Georges Noverre
Noverre was amajor advocate for the ballet d'action. He was the teacher of Marie Antoinette. Died in 1810. -
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Marie Taglioni
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Shakespear, Lord Byron, SIr Walter Scott, and Dominique Ingres
Writers, painters, and sculptors that was an inspirations for heroic ballets. -
Achille a Scyros
A very supernatural ballet created by Pierre Gardel. -
En pointe
It was in the Romantic Era that pointe shoes and pointe dancing was really discovered. It was accredited to Marie Taglioni for her main role in "La Sylphide". -
Cult of the Ballerina
The fans of ballet became entranced with specific dancers. Some tracked down dancers and had them dance for them. Others pwould eat ballerinas' ballet slippers for dinner. -
Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)
Daughter of Filippo Taglioni, Marie was documented as the first woman to dance an entire ballet en ponite. -
La Sylphide
Choreographed by Filippo Taglioni and his daughter, Marie, performed it. -
Filippo Taglioni (1877-1871)
Taglioni was a choreographer that created many important works in the Romantic Era. -
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Edgar Degas
Degas was a French artist famous for his paintings of dancers. -
Carlo Blasis (1797-1878)
Was a director of the Royal Ballet Academy of Dance at La Scala Milan. -
Giselle
The ballet often referred to as the quintessential Romantic Ballet. -
Pas de Quarte
It was a dance with the four most sought after dancers. But Fanny Essler would not do it becuase she and Marie Taglionie could not even be in the same city. -
The Sleeping Beauty
Choreographed by Marius Petipa -
The Nutcracker
Choreographed by Marius Petipa -
The Swan Lake
Choreographed by Marius Petipa