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Filippo Taglioni

1777 - 1871

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Filippo Taglioni (aka Philippe Taglioni; 5 November 1777 – 11 February 1871) was an Italian dancer and choreographer and personal teacher to his own daughter, Romantic ballerina Marie Taglioni. (He had another child who also danced ballet, Paul Taglioni.) Also, although August Bournonville's version is better known, it was Taglioni who was the original choreographer of La Sylphide, in 1832. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Filippo Taglioni is the 36th most popular dancer (down from 27th in 2019), the 2,004th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,580th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Filippo Taglioni ranks 36 out of 116. Before him are Jules Perrot, Liane de Pougy, Pierre Beauchamp, Alexander Godunov, Agrippina Vaganova, and La Goulue. After him are Roland Petit, Lev Ivanov, Yury Grigorovich, Louise Rasmussen, Merce Cunningham, and Hilde Holger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Filippo Taglioni ranks 23. Before him are Bernard Courtois, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Louis Poinsot, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, and Guillaume Dupuytren. After him are Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Lorenzo Bartolini, Aleksander Orłowski, William II, Elector of Hesse, Christian Daniel Rauch, and Hyacinth. Among people deceased in 1871, Filippo Taglioni ranks 25. Before him are Anselme Payen, Charles Paul de Kock, Carl Tausig, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, and Moritz von Schwind. After him are Robert Chambers, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Pierre Leroux, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, François-Joseph Fétis, and Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Filippo Taglioni ranks 2,004 out of 5,161. Before him are Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (-300), Francesco de' Rossi (1510), Francesco Squarcione (1397), Gino Cervi (1901), Iva Zanicchi (1940), and Angelo De Donatis (1954). After him are Ferrante Gonzaga (1507), Antonio Rosmini (1797), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), and Giovanni Baglione (1566).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Filippo Taglioni ranks 2. Before him are Carlo Blasis (1797). After him are Pierina Legnani (1863), Gaétan Vestris (1729), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), and Carla Fracci (1936).

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