Émilie Bigottini
Émilie Bigottini (born April 16, 1784 in Toulouse , † April 28, 1858 in Paris ) was a French dancer .
Life
The daughter of François Bigottini , a famous harlequin of the Paris Comédie-Italienne , entered the Paris Opera at the age of seventeen and ruled the troupe of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris under the Consulate , the Empire and the Restoration for a period for more than two decades until it retired in 1823.
In spite of the innumerable love affairs that were said to her, she was spared the reputation of immorality that attached to most of the ballet dancers at the time. From an artistic point of view, she was considered a model for the “bon goût”. She was lithe and precise, excelled in pantomime and bribed in Louis Milon's ballets .
Emperor Napoléon I was one of her most ardent admirers.
literature
- Félix Bouvier: Une danseuse de l'Opéra, la Bigottini , Paris: Noël Charavay, 1909.
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| SURNAME | Bigottini, Émilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1858 |
| Place of death | Paris |