Marie-Thérèse Perdou de Subligny (1666–1735) was a French ballerina. She entered the l'

Académie Royale de Musique The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

in 1688, where she succeeded Mademoiselle de Lafontaine as prima ballerina, a position she held until 1707. She appeared mostly in opera ballets of

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

and

André Campra André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' trag ...

. She was the first professional ballerina to appear in

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(1702–03). She was seen as one of the Queens of ballet.

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French prima ballerinas Paris Opera Ballet étoiles 1666 births 1735 deaths 18th-century French actresses French stage actresses 17th-century ballet dancers 18th-century French ballet dancers 17th-century French people {{France-dance-bio-stub

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