DANCER

Marie Taglioni

1804 - 1884

Photo of Marie Taglioni

Icon of person Marie Taglioni

Marie Taglioni, Comtesse de Voisins (23 April 1804 – 22 April 1884) was a Swedish-born ballet dancer of the Romantic ballet era partially of Italian descent, a central figure in the history of European dance. She spent most of her life in the Austrian Empire and France. She was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet, which was cultivated primarily at Her Majesty's Theatre in London and at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet. She is credited with (though not confirmed as) being the first ballerina to truly dance en pointe. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Taglioni is the 7th most popular dancer (up from 10th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Dancer.

Marie Taglioni is most famous for being the first ballerina to dance en pointe.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Marie Taglioni by language

Loading...

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Marie Taglioni ranks 7 out of 116. Before her are Mata Hari, Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Josephine Baker, and Vaslav Nijinsky. After her are Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Margot Fonteyn.

Most Popular Dancers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Marie Taglioni ranks 11. Before her are Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Disraeli, Mikhail Glinka, Emil Lenz, and Allan Kardec. After her are Mongkut, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Richard Owen, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and John Deere. Among people deceased in 1884, Marie Taglioni ranks 5. Before her are Gregor Mendel, Bedřich Smetana, Maria Anna of Savoy, and Elias Lönnrot. After her are Hermann Kolbe, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Paul Morphy, Johann Gustav Droysen, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Marie Bashkirtseff.

Others Born in 1804

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1884

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Marie Taglioni ranks 79 out of 1,879. Before her are Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Charles VIII of Sweden (1409), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Magnus I of Sweden (1106), Sven-Göran Eriksson (1948), and Carl Larsson (1853). After her are Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Keke Rosberg (1948), Alva Myrdal (1902), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Hugo Theorell (1903), and Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among DANCERS In Sweden

Among dancers born in Sweden, Marie Taglioni ranks 1. After her are Birgit Cullberg (1908).

Swedish born Dancers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous