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Melle Pauline Duvernay [facsimile signature].
Costume de Melle. Noblet, rôle d'Iseult, dans La belle au bois dormant: Ballet pantomime, Académie Royale de Musique. Maleuvre del. s
Mlle. Noblet. In the ballet of La paysanne supposée. King's Theatre. Drawn by M. Waldeck. Printed by Rowney Forster.
Mlle Louise Pierson dans le rôle d'Ida, du ballet de La laitière suisse (Th. de la Porte St. Martin).
Mlle. Noblet, in the ballet of La paysanne supposée
Le duc de Vendôme (Mr Aumer) dans Les pages du duc de Vendôme, ballet pantomime en 1 acte (Académie Rle. de musique).
Mlle. Guimard dans le ballet du Per. navigateur.
The cracovienne danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler in the grand ballet of The gypsy. Composed by N. C. Bochsa. Fleetwood's Lithogy.
Victor (Mlle Bigottini) dans Les pages du duc de Vendôme, ballet pantomime en 1 acte.
Melle. Pauline Duvernay, rôle de la nayade dans le ballet de La belle au bois dormant [in facsimile of Duvernay's handwriting].
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
During Middle Ages, Church considered dance as a sin and condemned it. Records of Medieval dance are fragmented and limited, but a noteworthy dance reference from the medieval period is the allegory of the Danse Macabre. During the Renaissance, dance experienced growing popularity. Country dances, performed for pleasure, became distinct from court dances, which had ceremonial and political functions. In Germany, originated from a modified ländler, the waltz was introduced in all the European courts. The 16th century Queen of France Catherine de' Medici promoted and popularized dance in France and helped develop the ballet de cour. The production of the Ballet Comique de la Reine in 1581 is regarded by scholars as the first authentic ballet. In the 17th century, the French minuet, characterized by its bows, courtesies and gallant gestures, permeated the European cultural landscape.