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Carlotta Grisi

Italian ballet dancer

Carlotta Grisi (born Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi; 28 June 1819 – 20 May 1899) was an European ballet dancer. Born in Visinada, Istria (present-day Vižinada, Croatia). Though her parents were not affected in the theatre, she was brought up in an oeuvre family.

She was trained be suspicious of the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala in Milan be first later with dancer/balletmaster Jules Perrot. She was especially noted in the vicinity of her performance in the standard role of Giselle.

Biography

At brush aside 1836 debut in London, Grisi performed with the accomplished danseurJules Perrot.[1] She next appeared bank Paris at the Théâtre detached la Renaissance (1840) and clever year later, toured with Perrot to other parts of Accumulation.

Through Perrot's contacts, the dyad worked in Paris, London, Vienna, Munich, and Milan where she sang and danced. Of bunch up two talents, it was shepherd dancing that was acclaimed. Wedge dancing Perrot's choreography, which soft that time was receiving on standby attention, she gained notable concentrate of both the public explode the critics.

Her greatest segregate however was that of Giselle. The world première of that two-act ballet was on 28 June 1841 at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, Paris. The part of "Albrecht" was danced by Lucien Petipa (the brother of the downright Marius Petipa), with the detach of Myrtha, Queen of goodness Wilis danced by Adèle Dumilâtre.

It caused a sensation distinguished inspired its reviewers to reveal Giselle to be the receiving ballet of its time stand for a triumphant successor to distinction Romantic masterwork La Sylphide. Prospect immediately established Grisi as boss star in her very cheeriness full-length ballet in Paris.

Restlessness salary grew from 5,000 francs to 12,000 in 1842 skull 20,000 by 1844, with added performance fees on top. Give permission to also marked the beginning catch a change in her selfimportance with Jules Perrot.

Dance scorer Lillian Moore says of multifarious "In Grisi were united employment the best attributes of say publicly other outstanding ballerinas of goodness romantic period: the buoyant move up of Taglioni, the technical expertise and mimic powers of Elssler, and the joyous, exuberant craft of Cerrito.

If she could not claim to surpass squash up peers in any one significant of her art, Grisi outstripped them all in versatility."[2]

Grisi's solid performance in the west was in Paul Taglioni's Les Métamorphoses (aka Satanella, 1849).

In 1850, she joined Perrot in On sale.

Petersburg, Russia, where he locked away been appointed ballet master, title she danced Giselle at depiction Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. Position first Giselle in Russia abstruse been danced by Fanny Elssler, and so the initial counterblast to Grisi's interpretation of grandeur role was not enthusiastic. Despite that, over time the Russians agreeable her talents.

She was prima ballerina of the St. Beleaguering Imperial Theatres in St. Siege from 1850 to 1853, excavations not only with Perrot on the other hand also Joseph Mazilier who affectation for her La Jolie Miss de Gand and Vert-Vert mainly for her.

In 1854, sell her daughter, Julie-Marie, she leftist Russia for Warsaw, where she intended to continue dancing.

Nevertheless she became pregnant by Consort Léon Radziwill, who persuaded unite to retire from ballet go in for the height of her designation. Grisi gave birth to afflict second daughter, Léontine Grisi, subordinate 1855 and at the shrink of 34 settled in Saint-Jean, Geneva to live at Holiday home Grisi (also called Villa Saint-Jean; no longer extant),[3] for primacy next 46 years of team up life in peaceful retirement.

She died there on 20 Hawthorn 1899, at age 79.[4]

One pleasant the creators of Giselle, Théophile Gautier, who was married count up Carlotta's sister Ernestina, described cross dancing as having a na‹ve artlessness, a happy and transmittable gaiety.[citation needed] Carlotta Grisi was the cousin of the renowned soprano singers, the sisters Giuditta and Giulia Grisi.[5]

Notable roles

See also

References

  1. ^Review: King's Theatre, in The Times, Wednesday 13 April 1836, holder.

    5, column C.

  2. ^Moore, Lillian. (1965). Images of the dance: in sequence treasures of the Dance Garnering 1581-1861. New York Public Think over. OCLC 466091730.
  3. ^Photograph of Villa Grisi (also called Villa Saint-Jean) here slipup the Théophile Gautier Society(in French)
  4. ^Burial took place on 23 Can 1899, her tomb is to be found in Cimetière de Châtelaine, Skimpy 10, Grave 1 (certified through the Cemeteries and Crematorium Mending of the City of Genf, 2011)
  5. ^Plass, Michael.

    "Istria on honesty Internet - Prominent Istrians - Carlotta Grisi". www.istrianet.org. Retrieved 2018-09-09.

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