Taglioni

Taglioni, MARIA, a celebrated danseuse, born at Stockholm, 23d April 1804, of Italian parents, her father (Filippo Taglioni, born at Milan, 1777; died 1871) having been successively ballet-master at several opera-houses in different parts of the Continent. Mademoiselle Taglioni made her début in Paris in 1827, where she created a perfect furore, and was at once recognised as the first of ballet-dancers. Her success was equally great at Berlin, London, and other European capitals. She married Count de Voisins in 1832, and retired from the stage with a fortune, afterwards lost. She died at Mar-seilles, 23d April 1884. Her brother Paul and her niece were also famous dancers.