Ballet Dancer

Hermine Blangy

19th century ballet dancer

Born 1820Died 1865
Hermine Blangy
Image: J. Kriehub. Gedr. bei Joh. Höfelich. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Hermine Blangy was a ballet dancer, born in 1820, who died in 1865.

Biography

Hermine Blangy (c. 1820–c. 1865 or before 1890) was a French Romantic ballet dancer in the Paris Opéra. She was also prima ballerina for the Hofoper in Vienna. Blangy was noted for her "intellectual" dancing, and in a tour of the USA, introduced American audiences to the Romantic roles of Giselle and La Sylphide.

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