Throwback Thursday and Carlotta Grisi
Last Throwback Thursday I featured Jules Perrot and
mentioned his wife Carlotta Grisi. She
is probably best known today for her role in Pas de Quatre: her variation
has all the brisés and fouettés in it!
Carlotta began touring at age fourteen, after studying dance
at the famous La Scala Academy. It was
in Naples that she first met Jules Perrot who soon became her teacher – and
apparently a demanding one. Although no
record seems to exist regarding their marriage, most sources say they later
became husband and wife and sometimes she danced under the name Perrot.
Carlotta Grisi created the title role in Giselle, and later went on to star in a
variety of ballets in many different countries.
She retired early, and died just before her eightieth birthday, having
been in retirement for 46 years. Because
she had been out of the public eye for so many decades, when she died few
remembered her, and her death went largely unnoticed by those who once
celebrated her stage performances.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Dance History Factoid #21:
“Carlotta Grisi
created the title role in Giselle.”
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of the Day:
“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and
day out.”
-
Robert Collier
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