Loading...
Creator
Fonds Taglioni
Call number
*ZBD-515
Physical description
6 microfilm reels positive
Language
English
Preferred Citation

Fonds Taglioni (Bibliothèque Nationale, Opéra)American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Records, *ZBD-515, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.

These six microfilm reels contain materials documenting the career of ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), with some items relating to other members of the Taglioni family. The originals form part of the collections of the Bibliothèque et Musée de L'Opéra, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Biographical/historical information

Marie Taglioni, Italian dancer, was born April 23, 1804 in Stockholm, daughter of choreographer Filippo Taglioni, and sister of dancer/choreographer Paul Taglioni. Her dance training began with Jean-François Coulon in Paris in 1812 and continued with her father, Filippo Taglioni, in Vienna and then in Cassel. Her debut, in a divertissement choreographed by her father, took place at the Hoftheater, Vienna, 1822. Her performing continued in Vienna, Munich, and Stuttgart. She debuted at the Paris Opéra in 1827, thereafter performing under contract as “remplaçant” of the Opéra, 1828-1829, and premier sujet, from 1829-1837. In 1832, Taglioni created what is perhaps her greatest role, La Sylphide,choreographed by her father and premiered at the Paris Opéra. Other ballets created for her include La Fille du Danube, L'Ombre, La Gitana,and the now famous divertissement, Pas de Quatre,performed with three other famous ballerinas of the times, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Lucile Grahn, at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. From 1837-1841, she continued her international travels with performances in Saint Petersburg, London, Vienna, Paris, Stockholm, and Milan. She retired to Lake Como in 1847 but returned to Paris in 1858, becoming Inspectrice de la danse at the Opéra, 1859-1870. Taglioni died in Marseilles, April 22, 1884.

Scope and arrangement

These six microfilm reels contain materials documenting the career of ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), with some items relating to other members of the Taglioni family. The originals form part of the collections of the Bibliothèque et Musée de L'Opéra, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.|||The materials include both printed and manuscript items which are arranged in a series of files numbered R1 to R87. (R15 was not filmed.) Languages are chiefly French, German, and Russian, with some items in English, Italian, Swedish, or Polish.|||Files R1 to R13 contain published articles and newspaper reviews of Marie Taglioni's performances, 1826-1879, arranged by city and year. Files R17 to 23 contain various manuscript and typewritten versions of Marie Taglioni's autobiography, written in French. Files R27 to R61 contain manuscript documents, including correspondence, contracts, etc., relating to Marie Taglioni's tours or engagements in various cities, 1832-1847, arranged chronologically. R62 to 63 concern the ballet Le Papillon, 1860-1861.|||The remaining files, R 14, R16, and R64 to R87, contain various types of manuscript and printed material, including death notices for Marie Taglioni (1884), her niece Marie Paul Taglioni (1891), and Filippo Taglioni (1871), various legal family documents (birth certificates, passport, wills), published biographical notices on Marie Taglioni and Salvatore Taglioni, miscellaneous press clippings, poems (both published and manuscript), letters and songs from admirers, Filippo Taglioni's diaries, and other miscellaneous items.|||Appended to the brief list of contents is a copy of the original catalog cards from the Bibliothèque et Musée de l'Opéra, Paris.|||Language: French, German, and Russian, with some English, Italian, Swedish, and Polish.

The Fonds Taglioni, R1 à R14, R16 à R87 [microform] / Bibliothèque Nationale, Opéra is arranged in six series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Florence Gould French Dance Project. Bibliothèque Nationale Service Photographique, Paris. Received: 1983-1985.

Processing information

Processed by Dorothy Lourdou.

Key terms

Names

Using the collection

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

May not be duplicated. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.