Marie-Thérèse de Subligny
Marie-Thérèse Perdou de Subligny (1666–1735) was a French ballerina. She entered the l'Académie Royale de Musique in 1688, where she succeeded Mademoiselle de Lafontaine as prima ballerina, a position she held until 1707. She appeared mostly in opera ballets of Jean-Baptiste Lully and André Campra. She was the first professional ballerina to appear in England (1702-3). She was seen as one of the Queens of ballet.[1]
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- ^ "Marie-Thérèse Subligny". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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- French ballerinas
- Prima ballerinas
- Paris Opera Ballet étoiles
- 1666 births
- 1735 deaths
- 18th-century French actresses
- French stage actresses
- 17th-century ballet dancers
- 18th-century French ballet dancers
- 17th-century French people
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