Carlotta Grisi
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Carlotta Grisi was an Italian ballet dancer, especially noted for her performance in the classic role of Giselle.
Lithograph of Grisi in the title role of Adam's Giselle, Paris, 1841
Lithograph of Carlotta Grisi in the title role of Giselle
"The Opera Polka as danced by Mlle. Caroltta Grisi & Mons. Perrot" by Cesare Pugni (Boston: William H. Oakes, c. 1840s)
Saint-Jean, the district of Geneva in which Grisi retired in 1856
Théophile Gautier
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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
Carlotta Grisi
…no longer extant), for the next 46 years of her life in peaceful retirement. She died there on 20 May 1899, at age 79. One of the creators of Giselle, Théophile Gautier, who was married to Carlotta's sister Ernestina, described her dancing as having a childlike artlessness, a happy and infectious gaiety. Carlotta Grisi…
Théophile Gautier photographed by Nadar
Portrait of Théophile Gautier by Théodore Chassériau (Musée du Louvre)
Gautier with Ernestina Grisi and their daughters Estelle and Judith. Photograph taken around 1857.
Gustave Boulanger, Théophile Gautier and Marie Favart in Roman costumes, 1861, a study for Boulanger's painting Répétition du "Joueur de flûte" et de "La femme de Diomède" chez le prince Napoléon