As soon as Taglioni was old enough, she began dance lessons under her father's dance instructor, Coulon, in Paris.
Marie Taglioni was an Italian ballerina of the Romantic era and was born 1804-1884 in a small town in Northern Italy to Sophie Karsten and Filipo Taglioni, who was also a dancer and became Taglioni's hardest teacher.
Coulon believed that she could never make it as a dancer so her father took on the role of her dance teacher. Filipo made her practice six hours every day because he was displeased with her dancing. She would hold difficult positions and count to 100 to perfect them. Her dad was extremely brutal to her training and would make her painfully fatigued each day.
Marie Taglioni in Sylphide
In 1822, Taglioni made her debut in Vienna. She soon became famous across Europe, especially for her role in La Sylphide.
People adored her because of her exceptional style and grace, which set her apart from her professional contemporaries.
Taglioni was the first ballerina to dance on pointe shoes. She revealed new artistic possibilities because of this newfound development.
In 1827, Taglioni acheived the Paris Opera stage, where the audience was in awe of her tremedous talent.
In 1844, she retired and taught dance in Paris.
"Ballet Evolved - Marie Taglioni 1804-1884"
