Polly Cuninghame was a French choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1785 in Bordeaux, who died in 1837.
Biography
Marie Polly Cuninghame (ca. 1785, Bordeaux – 9 April 1837, De Bilt), known after her marriage as Polly de Heus, was a Dutch ballet dancer.
After ballet training in Bordeaux she danced briefly in Paris and Brussels. She was then contracted by the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, where she danced from 1801 until 1823, making this period a high point for ballet in Amsterdam.
In 1807 she married a widower and manufacturer 20 years her senior, Hendricus de Heus.
Contemporaries
Armand Vestris
French choreographer
Daniel François Esprit Auber
French composer (1782-1871)
Gustave Dugazon
French composer and choreographer
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
French composer and harpist
Fanny Bias
ballet dancer (Paris Opera)
Germain Quériau
French choreographer
Ferdinand Hérold
French composer (1791–1833)
Louis Alexandre Piccinni
French composer
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